Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene FAD2, DNA and amino acid sequence deterination and analysis, encoded motifs in comparison, sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analysis | Ricinus communis |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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endoplasmic reticulum | - |
Ricinus communis | 5783 | - |
membrane | transmembrane enzyme | Ricinus communis | 16020 | - |
microsome | - |
Ricinus communis | - |
- |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Ricinus communis | - |
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- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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seed | seed-specific delta-12 fatty acid desaturase 2 | Ricinus communis | - |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
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More | enzyme motifs and domain organization, overview | Ricinus communis |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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delta-12 fatty acid desaturase 2 | - |
Ricinus communis |
FAD2 | - |
Ricinus communis |
microsomal omega-6 fatty acid desaturase | - |
Ricinus communis |
oleate desaturase | - |
Ricinus communis |
seed-specific delta-12 fatty acid desaturase 2 | - |
Ricinus communis |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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evolution | in plants, membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases are present in the plastid and the endoplasmic reticulum. The electron donors for plastid desaturases are typically ferredoxins, while endoplasmic reticulum enzymes use cytochrome b5 (Cytb5) | Ricinus communis |
physiological function | in plants, seed-specific delta-12 fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2) is responsible for the high content of linoleic acid by inserting a double bond at the delta-12 (omega-6) position of oleic acid. FAD2-2 genes encoding isoforms of the large and functionally diverse FAD2 gene family are detected in developing seeds suggesting their major roles in storage oil desaturation in seed | Ricinus communis |