The same rat Δ6-desaturase not only acts on 18- but also on 24-carbon fatty acids in very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  D'Andrea, Sabine ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^a   Jan, Sophie ^a   Catheline, Daniel ^a   Thibault, Jean Noël ^a   Bouriel, Monique ^a   Rioux, Vincent ^a   Legrand, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; N 3 fatty acid; Tetracosahexaenoic acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELLS;

DESATURATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN COS1; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METABOLISM; PLASMID; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0037092587     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3640049     Document Type: Article

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