Delta8-fatty-acid desaturase

Delta8-fatty-acid desaturase (EC 1.14.19.4, Delta8-sphingolipid desaturase, EFD1, BoDES8, SLD, Delta8 fatty acid desaturase, Delta8-desaturase) is an enzyme with systematic name phytosphinganine,hydrogen donor:oxygen Delta8-oxidoreductase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

phytosphinganine + reduced acceptor + O2 Delta8-phytosphingenine + acceptor + 2 H2O
Delta8-fatty-acid desaturase
Identifiers
EC number1.14.19.4
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme, which has been found mainly in plants, introduces a double bond at Delta8 of C18 and C20 fatty acids.

References

  1. Wallis JG, Browse J (May 1999). "The Delta8-desaturase of Euglena gracilis: an alternate pathway for synthesis of 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 365 (2): 307–16. doi:10.1006/abbi.1999.1167. PMID 10328826.
  2. Sperling P, Libisch B, Zähringer U, Napier JA, Heinz E (April 2001). "Functional identification of a delta8-sphingolipid desaturase from Borago officinalis". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 388 (2): 293–8. doi:10.1006/abbi.2001.2308. PMID 11368168.
  3. Takakuwa N, Kinoshita M, Oda Y, Ohnishi M (December 2002). "Isolation and characterization of the genes encoding delta(8)-sphingolipid desaturase from Saccharomyces kluyveri and Kluyveromyces lactis". Current Microbiology. 45 (6): 459–61. doi:10.1007/s00284-002-3860-0. PMID 12402089.
  4. Beckmann C, Rattke J, Oldham NJ, Sperling P, Heinz E, Boland W (July 2002). "Characterization of a Delta8-sphingolipid desaturase from higher plants: a stereochemical and mechanistic study on the origin of E,Z isomers". Angewandte Chemie. 41 (13): 2298–300. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20020703)41:13<2298::AID-ANIE2298>3.0.CO;2-G. PMID 12203571.


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