The fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene product catalyzes Δ4 desaturation to yield n-3 docosahexaenoic acid and n-6 docosapentaenoic acid in human cells

FASEB Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3911-3919

  Park, Hui Gyu ^a   Park, Woo Jung ^a,b   Kothapalli, Kumar S D ^a   Brenna, J Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

D6 desaturation; Metabolism; Nutrition; Polyunsaturated fattyacids

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; MCF 7 CELL LINE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; PAPIO;

EID: 84965089936     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-271783     Document Type: Article

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