A bifunctional Δ6-fatty acyl acetylenase/desaturase from the moss Ceratodon purpureus: A new member of the cytochrome b5 superfamily

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3801-3811

  Sperling, Petra ^e   Lee, Michael ^a,c   Girke, Thomas ^d   Zähringer, Ulrich ^e   Stymne, Sten ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Scandinavian Biotechnology Research AB   (Sweden)

^d DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

6 fatty acid acetylenase; 6 fatty acid desaturase; Ceratodon purpureus; Cytochrome b5 fusion protein; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME B5; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYENE; STEARIDONIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; DICRANIN; FATTY ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CERATODON PURPUREUS; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROMES B5; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034201983     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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