Substrate specificity and regioselectivity of Δ12 and ω3 fatty acid desaturases from Saccharomyces kluyveri

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3174-3179

  Oura, Takahiro ^a   Kajiwara, Susumu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturase; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Saccharomyces kluyveri

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SUBSTRATES;

ACYL GROUPS; DOUBLE BONDS; FATTY ACID ANALYSES; FATTY ACID DESATURASE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSIONS; KEY ENZYMES; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; POLAR HEAD GROUPS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI; SIGNALING MOLECULES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITIES; SYNTHESIS OF;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREOISOMERISM;

FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI;

EID: 58149103441     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80361     Document Type: Article

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