Formation of conjugated Δ11 Δ13-double bonds by Δ12-linoleic acid (1,4)-acyl-lipid-desaturase in pomegranate seeds

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4852-4859

  Hornung, Ellen ^a   Pernstich, Christian ^a   Feussner, Ivo ^a,b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Biochemie der Pflanze AvH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyl group desaturase; Conjugase; Punica granatum; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Seed oil

Indexed keywords

1,4 ACYL LIPID DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; LINOLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; LINOLEIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PUNICACEAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036025220     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03184.x     Document Type: Article

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