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Revealing the catalytic potential of an acyl-ACP desaturase: tandem selective oxidation of saturated fatty acids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Sept 2008
Whittle Edward J, Tremblay Amy E, Buist Peter H, Shanklin John
Abstract excerpt
It is estimated that plants contain thousands of fatty acid structures, many of which arise by the action of membrane-bound desaturases and desaturase-like enzymes. The details of "unusual" e.g., hydroxyl or conjugated, fatty acid formation remain elusive, because these enzymes await structural characterization. However, soluble plant acyl-ACP (acyl carrier protein) desaturases have been studied in far greater...
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