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  • Cahoon, E.B.; Cranmer, A.M.; Shanklin, J.; Ohlrogge, J.B.
    DELTA6 Hexadecenoic acid is synthesized by the activity of a soluble DELTA6 palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase in Thunbergia alata endosperm (1994), J. Biol. Chem., 269, 27519-27526.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression in Escherichia coli Thunbergia alata

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
H2O2 loss of most of the desaturase activity Thunbergia alata
KCN 1 mM, loss of most of the desaturase activity Thunbergia alata

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
palmitoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + 2 H+ Thunbergia alata no desaturation activity with palmitoyl-CoA ester (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O DELTA6-hexadecenoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] i.e. sapienoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] i.e. (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] ?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Thunbergia alata Q41510
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
endosperm
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Thunbergia alata
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seed
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Thunbergia alata
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
myristoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster+ O2 + 2 H+
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Thunbergia alata (Z)-tetradec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O
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?
palmitoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + 2 H+ no desaturation activity with palmitoyl-CoA ester Thunbergia alata (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O DELTA6-hexadecenoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] i.e. sapienoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] i.e. (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] ?
palmitoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + 2 H+ no desaturation activity with palmitoyl-CoA. DELTA6 desaturase activity is approximately 7-fold higher using palmitoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] as substrate rather than either myristoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] or stearoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] Thunbergia alata (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O DELTA6-hexadecenoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] i.e. sapienoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] i.e. (Z)-hexadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] ?
stearoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + O2 + 2 H+
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Thunbergia alata (Z)-octadec-6-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O
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?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
DELTA6 16:0-ACP desaturase
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Thunbergia alata
DELTA6 palmitoyl-ACP desaturase
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Thunbergia alata

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.5
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assay at Thunbergia alata