Substrate specificity of acyl-Δ6-desaturases from Continental versus Macaronesian Echium species

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 540-544

  García Maroto, Federico ^a   Mañas Fernández, Aurora ^a   Garrido Cárdenas, José A ^a   Alonso, Diego López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

6 Desaturase; Acyl specificity; Boraginaceae; Echium gentianoides; Echium sabulicola; Gene cloning

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECHIUM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ECHIUM; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BORAGINACEAE; ECHIUM; ECHIUM GENTIANOIDES; ECHIUM SABULICOLA;

EID: 32644458770     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. R. Elble A simple and efficient procedure for transformation of yeasts BioTechniques 13 1992 18 20
2. 6-desaturase from two Echium plant species: production of γ-linolenic acid by heterologous expression in yeast and tobacco Lipids 37 2002 417 426
3. J.L. Guil-Guerrero, F. Gómez-Mercado, F. García-Maroto, and P. Campra-Madrid Occurrence and characterization of oils rich in γ-linolenic acid part I: Echium seeds from Macaronesia Phytochemistry 53 2000 451 456
4. J.L. Guil-Guerrero, F. Gómez-Mercado, I. Rodríguez- García, P. Campra-Madrid, and F. García-Maroto Occurrence and characterization of oils rich in γ-linolenic acid (III): the taxonomical value of the fatty acids in Echium (Boraginaceae) Phytochemistry 58 2001 117 120
5. J.L. Guil-Guerrero, F. García-Maroto, and A. Jiménez Jiménez Fatty acid profiles from forty-nine plant species that are potential new sources of γ -linolenic acid J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 78 2001 677 684
6. J.L. Guil-Guerrero, F. García-Maroto, M.A. Vilches-Ferrón, and D. López Alonso Gamma-linolenic acid from fourteen Boraginaceae species Ind. Crop Prod. 18 2003 85 89
7. F.D. Gunstone Movements towards tailor-made fats Prog. Lipid Res. 37 1998 277 305
8. 8-sphingolipid desaturases Biochem. Bioph. Res. Co. 279 2000 779 785
9. D. López Alonso, and F. García-Maroto Plants as 'chemical factories' for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids Biotechnol. Adv. 18 2000 481 497
10. D. López Alonso, F. García-Maroto, J. Rodriguez-Ruiz, J.A. Garrido, and M.A. Vilches Evolution of the membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 31 2003 1111 1124
11. 5 fusion proteins Biochem. J. 328 1997 717 720
12. J. Rodríguez-Ruiz, E.-H. Belarbi, J.L. García Sánchez, and D. López Alonso Rapid simultaneous lipid extraction and transesterification for fatty acid analyses Biotechnol. Techniq. 12 1998 689 691
13. O.V. Sayanova, and J.A. Napier Eicosapentaenoic acid: biosynthetic routes and the potential for synthesis in transgenic plants Phytochemistry 65 2004 147 158
14. 6-desaturated fatty acids in transgenic tobacco Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 94 1997 4211 4216
15. 6-desaturases with n-3 substrate preferences FEBS Lett. 542 2003 100 104
16. P.S. Surinder, Z. Xue-Rong, L. Qing, S. Stymne, and A.G. Green Metabolic engineering of new fatty acids in plants Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 8 2005 197 203
17. J.J. Thelen, and J.B. Ohlrogge Metabolic engineering of fatty acid biosynthesis in plants Metabol. Eng. 4 2002 12 21
18. J.D. Thompson, T.J. Gibson, F. Plewniak, F. Jeanmougin, and D.G. Higgins The clustal X windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools Nucl. Acids Res. 24 1997 4876 4882