Characterization of three novel desaturases involved in the delta-6 desaturation pathways for polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis from Phytophthora infestans

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7689-7697

  Sun, Quanxi ^a   Liu, Jiang ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Qing, Xiaohe ^a   Dobson, Gary ^b   Li, Xinzheng ^a   Qi, Baoxiu ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Desaturase; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Phytophthora infestans; Potato blight; 6 desaturation pathways

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FOOD SUPPLY; YEAST;

ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DESATURASE; DESATURATION; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; POTATO BLIGHT;

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA 12 DESATURASE; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; SATURATION;

ARTICLE; BLIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENOME; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; POTATO; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84892588137     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4613-z     Document Type: Article

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