Chimeras of Δ6-fatty acid and Δ8-sphingolipid desaturases

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 779-785

  Libisch, Balázs ^a,b   Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Lewis, Mervyn J ^a   Shewry, Peter R ^a   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chimera; Delta (6) desaturase; Gamma linolenic acid; Sphingolipid; Substrate binding site; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 6 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA 8 SPHINGOLIPID DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPHINGOLIPID DESATURASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BORAGO OFFICINALIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034731146     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4023     Document Type: Article

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