Identification of two novel microalgal enzymes involved in the conversion of the ω3-fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, into docosahexaenoic acid

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-366

  Pereira, Suzette L ^a   Leonard, Amanda E ^a   Huang, Yung Sheng ^a   Chuang, Lu Te ^a   Mukerji, Pradip ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Isochrysis; Microalgae; Pavlova; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; SUBSTRATES;

MARINE MICROALGAE; MICROALGAL ENZYMES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DELTA 4 DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; ENZYME; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALGAE; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; ISOCHRYSIS; PAVLOVA;

EID: 10044262097     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040970     Document Type: Article

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