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Literature summary for 1.14.19.6 extracted from

  • Lu, Y.; Chi, X.; Li, Z.; Yang, Q.; Li, F.; Liu, S.; Gan, Q.; Qin, S.
    Isolation and characterization of a stress-dependent plastidial DELTA12 fatty acid desaturase from the antarctic microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7 (2010), Lipids, 45, 179-187.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
gene FAD6, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis, expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain INVSc1, expression analysis Chlorella vulgaris

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
chloroplast
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 Chlorella vulgaris 9507
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Chlorella vulgaris D3U658 FAD6 cDNA; gene FAD6
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Chlorella vulgaris E2CT06 genomic FAD6; gene FAD6
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Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7 D3U658 FAD6 cDNA; gene FAD6
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Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7 E2CT06 genomic FAD6; gene FAD6
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
additional information expression of FAD6 increases fourfold at 4°C compared to expression at 25°C Chlorella vulgaris
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
DELTA12 fatty acid desaturase
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 Chlorella vulgaris
DELTA12-FAD
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 Chlorella vulgaris

Expression

Organism Comment Expression
Chlorella vulgaris expression of FAD6 increases fourfold at 4°C compared to expression at 25°C. FAD6 transcription is sensitive to saline stress with a 20fold increase at 6% NaCl up

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
additional information the enzyme belongs to the plastidial D12-FAD with conserved histidine boxes Chlorella vulgaris
physiological function fatty acid desaturases, FADs, play an essential role in fatty acid metabolism and the maintenance of biological membranes Chlorella vulgaris