Delta12-fatty-acid desaturase

Delta12-fatty-acid desaturase (EC 1.14.19.6, Delta12 fatty acid desaturase, Delta12(omega6)-desaturase, oleoyl-CoA Delta12 desaturase, Delta12 desaturase, Delta12-desaturase) is an enzyme with systematic name acyl-CoA,hydrogen donor:oxygen Delta12-oxidoreductase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

acyl-CoA + reduced acceptor + O2 Delta12-acyl-CoA + acceptor + 2 H2O

Delta12-fatty-acid desaturase
Identifiers
EC number1.14.19.6
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

In the yeast Lipomyces starkeyi and in the American cockroach, this microsomal enzyme converts oleoyl-CoA into linoleoyl-CoA.

References

  1. Borgeson CE, de Renobales M, Blomquist GJ (November 1990). "Characterization of the delta 12 desaturase in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana: the nature of the substrate". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 1047 (2): 135–40. doi:10.1016/0005-2760(90)90039-z. PMID 2248971.
  2. Jurenka RA (June 1997). "Biosynthetic pathway for producing the sex pheromone component (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate in moths involves a delta 12 desaturase". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 53 (6): 501–5. doi:10.1007/s000180050062. PMID 9230926.
  3. Lomascolo A, Dubreucq E, Galzy P (March 1996). "Study of the delta 12-desaturase system of Lipomyces starkeyi". Lipids. 31 (3): 253–9. doi:10.1007/bf02529871. PMID 8900454.
  4. Tocher DR, Leaver MJ, Hodgson PA (1998). "Recent advances in the biochemistry and molecular biology of fatty acyl desaturases". Progress in Lipid Research. 37 (2–3): 73–117. doi:10.1016/s0163-7827(98)00005-8. PMID 9829122.


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