Functional characterization of a desaturase from the tobacco hornworm moth (Manduca sexta) with bifunctional Z11- and 10,12-desaturase activity

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-610

  Matoušková, Petra ^a   Pichová, Iva ^a   Svatoš, Aleš ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 desaturation; Conjugated dienes; Desaturase; Fatty acid; Lepidoptera; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEPIDOPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE LIBRARY; MANDUCA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34248566902     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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