Please wait a moment until all data is loaded. This message will disappear when all data is loaded.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
additional information
?
-
-
DELTA6-desaturation appears to occur both in glycerolipids and the acyl-CoA pool
-
-
-
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+

stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+

gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
preferred substrate
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+

stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q71BG5
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
O04353
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q2M488
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVY3
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVV3
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVY3
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
alpha-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+

gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9HDG8
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9HDG8
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q71BG5
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
O04353
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q2M488
preferred substrate
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVY3
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVV3
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Q9UVY3
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+
gamma-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
-
-
-
-
?
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Please wait a moment until the data is sorted. This message will disappear when the data is sorted.
Chen, Q.; Nimal, J.; Li, W.; Liu, X.; Cao, W.
Delta-6 desaturase from borage converts linoleic acid to gamma-linolenic acid in HEK293 cells
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
410
484-488
2011
Borago officinalis
brenda
Laoteng, K.; Mannontarat, R.; Tanticharoen, M.; Cheevadhanarak, S.
DELTA6-Desaturase of Mucor rouxii with high similarity to plant DELTA6-desaturase and its heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
279
17-22
2000
Amylomyces rouxii (Q9HDG8), Amylomyces rouxii ATCC 24905 (Q9HDG8)
brenda
Marzo, I.; Alava, M.A.; Pineiro, A.; Naval, J.
Biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid in human cells: Evidence that two different DELTA 6-desaturase activities may exist
Biochim. Biophys. Acta
1301
263-272
1996
Homo sapiens
brenda
Sakuradani, E.; Kobayashi, M.; Shimizu, S.
DELTA6-fatty acid desaturase from an arachidonic acid-producing Mortierella fungus. Gene cloning and its heterologous expression in a fungus, Aspergillus
Gene
238
445-453
1999
Mortierella alpina (Q9UVY3), Mortierella alpina 1S-4 (Q9UVY3)
brenda
Biagi, P.L.; Bordoni, A.; Hrelia, S.; Celadon, M.; Turchetto, E.
The effect of dietary polyenylphosphatidylcholine on microsomal delta-6-desaturase activity, fatty acid composition, and microviscosity in rat liver under oxidative stress
J. Nutr. Biochem.
4
690-694
1993
Rattus norvegicus
brenda
Huang, Y.S.; Chaudhary, S.; Thurmond, J.M.; Bobik, E.G.; Yuan, L.; Chan, G.M.; Kirchner, S.J.; Mukerji, P.; Knutzon, D.S.
Cloning of DELAT12- and DELTA6-desaturases from Mortierella alpina and recombinant production of gamma-linolenic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Lipids
34
649-659
1999
Mortierella alpina (Q9UVV3)
brenda
Cook, D.; Grierson, D.; Jones, C.; Wallace, A.; West, G.; Tucker, G.
Modification of fatty acid composition in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by expression of a borage DELTA6-desaturase
Mol. Biotechnol.
21
123-128
2002
Borago officinalis (O04353)
brenda
Reddy, A.S.; Nuccio, M.L.; Gross, L.M.; Thomas, T.L.
Isolation of a DELTA6-desaturase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 by gain-of-function expression in Anabaena sp.strain PCC 7120
Plant Mol. Biol.
22
293-300
1993
Synechocystis sp.
brenda
Kajikawa, M.; Yamato, K.T.; Kohzu, Y.; Nojiri, M.; Sakuradani, E.; Shimizu, S.; Sakai, Y.; Fukuzawa, H.; Ohyama, K.
Isolation and characterization of DELTA6-desaturase, an ELO-like enzyme and DELTA5-desaturase from the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and production of arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris
Plant Mol. Biol.
54
335-352
2004
Marchantia polymorpha
brenda
Sayanova, O.; Shewry, P.R.; Napier, J.A.
Histidine-41 of the cytochrome b5 domain of the borage delta6 fatty acid desaturase is essential for enzyme activity
Plant Physiol.
121
641-646
1999
Borago officinalis (O04353)
brenda
Zhou, X.-R.; Robert S.; Singh, S.; Green, A.
Heterologous production of GLA and SDA by expression of an Echium plantagineum DELTA6-desaturase gene
Plant Sci.
172
421-422
2007
Echium plantagineum (Q2M488)
-
brenda
Whitney, H.M.; Michaelson, L.V.; Sayanova, O.; Pickett, J.A.; Napier, J.A.
Functional characterisation of two cytochrome b5-fusion desaturases from Anemone leveillei: the unexpected identification of a fatty acid DELTA6-desaturase
Planta
217
983-992
2003
Anemone leveillei (Q71BG5)
brenda