Identification of a Δ5-like Fatty Acyl Desaturase from the Cephalopod Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier 1797) Involved in the Biosynthesis of Essential Fatty Acids

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-422

  Monroig, Óscar ^a   Navarro, Juan C ^a   Dick, James R ^b   Alemany, Frederic ^c   Tocher, Douglas R ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Essential fatty acids; Non methylene interrupted fatty acid; Octopus vulgaris; Unsaturated fatty acids; 5 fatty acyl desaturase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YEAST;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DESATURASE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; NON-METHYLENE-INTERRUPTED FATTY ACIDS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; RECOMBINANT YEAST;

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

CEPHALOPOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECOMBINATION; YEAST;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862503325     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-011-9423-2     Document Type: Article

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