A Novel Fatty Acyl Desaturase from the Pheromone Glands of Ctenopseustis obliquana and C. herana with Specific Z5-Desaturase Activity on Myristic Acid

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-70

  Hagström, Åsa K ^a   Albre, Jérôme ^b,c   Tooman, Leah K ^b,c   Thirmawithana, Amali H ^b   Corcoran, Jacob ^b,d   Löfstedt, Christer ^a   Newcomb, Richard D ^b,c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ctenopseustis; Fatty acyl desaturase; Pheromone biosynthesis; Tetradecanoic acid; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MYRISTIC ACID; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYRISTIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895074814     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0373-1     Document Type: Article

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