Identification of a novel C22-{increment}4-producing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) specific polyunsaturated fatty acid desaturase gene from Isochrysis galbana and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2265-2274

  Shi, Tonglei ^a   Yu, Aiqun ^a   Li, Ming ^a,b   Ou, Xiuyuan ^a   Xing, Laijun ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Docosapentaenoic acid; Isochrysis galbana; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; increment 4 Desaturase

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION RATIO; DESATURASE; DESATURASE ACTIVITY; DESATURATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FULL-LENGTH CDNA; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; {INCREMENT}4-DESATURASE;

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

YEAST;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPTOPHYTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84868449343     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1028-y     Document Type: Article

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