Cloning and functional characterisation of an enzyme involved in the elongation of δ6-polyunsaturated fatty acids from the moss Physcomitrella patens

Plant Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-268

  Zank Thorsten, K ^a   Zähringer, Ulrich ^b   Beckmann, Christoph ^c   Pohnert, Georg ^c   Boland, Wilhelm ^c   Holtorf, Hauke ^d   Reski, Ralf ^d   Lerchl, Jens ^e   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

ketoacyl CoA synthase; Cerulenin; Fatty acid elongation; Gene disruption; Physcomitrella patens; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; PHYSIOLOGY; YEAST;

HOMOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY;

FATTY ACIDS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PTERIDOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036678764     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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