Identification of a cytochrome b5-fusion desaturase responsible for the synthesis of triunsaturated sphingolipid long chain bases in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Phytochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-55

  Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Markham, Jennifer E ^b   Zäeuner, Simone ^c   Matsumoto, Midori ^d   Chen, Ming ^b   Cahoon, Edgar B ^b   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Long chain base; Sphingolipid; Thalassiosira pseudonana

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

CYTOCHROME B5; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOLIPID DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; METABOLISM;

CYTOCHROMES B5; DIATOMS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 84876463337     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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