Extending The Story Of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acid Elongation

Plant Science

Volumn 210, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-107

  Haslam, Tegan M ^a   Kunst, Ljerka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; CER2 LIKEs; Condensing enzymes; Fatty acid elongase complex; Very long chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACP; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CER2; CER2-LIKES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONDENSING ENZYMES; ECERIFERUM2; ECR; ELO; ELONGATION DEFECTIVE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENOYL-COA REDUCTASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY ACID ELONGASE COMPLEX; GENETICS; HCD; HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDRATASE; KCR; KCS; KETOACYL-COA REDUCTASE; KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE; LACS; LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; METABOLISM; REVIEW; VERY-LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID; VLCFA;

ACP; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CER2; CER2-LIKES; COA; COENZYME A; CONDENSING ENZYMES; ECERIFERUM2; ECR; ELO; ELONGATION DEFECTIVE; ENOYL-COA REDUCTASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASE COMPLEX; HCD; HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDRATASE; KCR; KCS; KETOACYL-COA REDUCTASE; KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE; LACS; LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; VERY-LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID; VLCFA;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84879130185     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.05.008     Document Type: Review

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