Expression of a type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase from Thalassiosira pseudonana in yeast leads to incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid β-oxidation intermediates into triacylglycerol

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6162-6172

  Xu, Jingyu ^a   Kazachkov, Michael ^a   Jia, Yunhua ^b   Zheng, Zhifu ^c,d   Zou, Jitao ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

oxidation; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; triacylglycerol; type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

Β-OXIDATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYPE 2 DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIATOMS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 84888305463     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12537     Document Type: Article

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