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Literature summary for 1.14.19.30 extracted from

  • Watts, J.; Browse, J.
    Isolation and characterization of a DELTA5-fatty acid desaturase from Caenorhabditis elegans (1999), Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 362, 175-182.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain InvSc1 Caenorhabditis elegans

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Caenorhabditis elegans
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
(7Z)-octadec-7-enoic acid + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+ 5% conversion Caenorhabditis elegans (5Z,7Z)-octadeca-5,7-dienoic acid + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
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di-homo-gamma-linolenic acid + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+ 55% conversion Caenorhabditis elegans arachidonic acid + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
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eicosa-11,14,17-trienoic acid + acceptor + O2 + H+
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Caenorhabditis elegans eicosa-5,11,14,17-tetraenoic acid + ? i.e. juniperoic acid ?
eicosa-11,14-dienoic acid + acceptor + O2 + H+
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Caenorhabditis elegans eicosa-5,11,14-trienoic acid + ? i.e. sciadonoic acid ?
additional information no activity with 20:1DELTA11, 18:2DELTA9,12, and 18:3DELTA9,12,15 Caenorhabditis elegans ?
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
DELTA5 fatty acid desaturase
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Caenorhabditis elegans
FAT-4
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Caenorhabditis elegans

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
cytochrome b5
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Caenorhabditis elegans