Elongase reactions as control points in Long-Chain polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Gregory, Melissa K ^a   Gibson, Robert A ^b   Cook Johnson, Rebecca J ^a   Cleland, Leslie G ^a   James, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 2; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELOVL2; ELOVL5; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HEART; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84055172792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029662     Document Type: Article

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