Identification and characterization of PtDGAT2B, an acyltransferase of the DGAT2 acyl-Coenzyme A: Diacylglycerol acyltransferase family in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 481-487

  Gong, Yangmin ^a   Zhang, Junping ^a,b   Guo, Xiaojing ^a   Wan, Xia ^a   Liang, Zhuo ^a   Hu, Chuan Jiong ^a   Jiang, Mulan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DGAT2; Fatty acid; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Triacylglycerol; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIATOMS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84874194520     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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