A novel fungal ω3-desaturase with wide substrate specificity from arachidonic acid-producing Mortierella alpina 1S-4

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 648-654

  Sakuradani, Eiji ^a   Abe, Takahiro ^a   Iguchi, Keita ^a   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; PROTEINS;

EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA); MORTIERELLA ALPINA 1S-4; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFA); YEAST TRANSFORMANT;

FUNGI;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; OMEGA3 DESATURASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ENZYME; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAPROLEGNIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTIERELLA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI; SAPROLEGNIA DICLINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORTIERELLA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES; SAPROLEGNIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15244363074     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1760-x     Document Type: Article

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