Fatty acyl-coA reductase and wax synthase from euglena gracilis in the biosynthesis of medium-chain wax esters

Lipids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Teerawanichpan, Prapapan ^a   Qiu, Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Euglena; Fatty acyl CoA reductaseFatty alcohol; Wax ester; Wax synthase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTERIFICATION; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ESTERS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WAXES;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77949875486     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-010-3395-2     Document Type: Article

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