Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene TpdesK, encoded on chromosome 5, the gene has a single intron, phylogenetic analysis and tree, recombinant expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain W303A1 | Thalassiosira pseudonana |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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docosa-7,10,13,16,19-pentaenoic acid + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ | Thalassiosira pseudonana | - |
docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Thalassiosira pseudonana | - |
gene TpdesK | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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additional information | the enzyme is expressed during the exponential phase of growth | Thalassiosira pseudonana | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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docosa-7,10,13,16,19-pentaenoic acid + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ | - |
Thalassiosira pseudonana | docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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DELTA4-desaturase | - |
Thalassiosira pseudonana |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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cytochrome b5 | - |
Thalassiosira pseudonana |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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evolution | the enzyme belongs to the front-end desaturases, phylogenetic analysis and tree, overview. Introns appear to have evolved independently among Tpdes genes | Thalassiosira pseudonana |
metabolism | the enzyme is involved in production of the health beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid | Thalassiosira pseudonana |