Cloning and functional characterization of phaeodactylum tricornutum front-end desaturases involved in eicosapentaenoic acid biosynthesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 4105-4113

  Domergue, Frédéric ^a,d   Lerchl, Jens ^b   Zähringer, Ulrich ^c   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d Plant Science Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatom; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Front end desaturase; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYTOCHROME B5; ELONGATION FACTOR; HISTIDINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAEDACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIATOMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036040288     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03104.x     Document Type: Article

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