Biosynthesis of C18 polyunsaturated fatty acids in microsomal membrane preparations from the filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Jackson, Frances M ^a   Fraser, Thomas C M ^a   Smith, Mark A ^a   Lazarus, Colin ^a   Stobart, A Keith ^a   Griffiths, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desaturase substrate; Mucor; Oil biosynthesis; Phosphatidylcholine; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; OLEOYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEAROYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEAROYL-COENZYME A; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GUINEA PIG; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; KINETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; MUCOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUNFLOWER;

MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B5; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GUINEA PIGS; HELIANTHUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KINETICS; MAMMALS; MICROSOMES; MUCOR; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032520252     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520513.x     Document Type: Article

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