Elucidation of the sex-pheromone biosynthesis producing 5,7-dodecadienes in Dendrolimus punctatus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) reveals Δ11- and Δ9-desaturases with unusual catalytic properties

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-452

  Liénard, Marjorie A ^a   Lassance, Jean Marc ^a   Wang, Hong Lei ^a,b   Zhao, Cheng Hua ^b   Piškur, Jure ^a   Johansson, Tomas ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Conjugated diene; Duplication; Gene family evolution; Heterologous expression; Sex pheromone; Subfunctionalization

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

DENDROLIMUS PUNCTATUS; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77953129084     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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