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Sequence characterization and in silico structure prediction of fatty acid desaturases in linseed varieties with differential fatty acid composition.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 1 Dec 2016
Rajwade Ashwini V, Joshi Rakesh S, Kadoo Narendra Y, Gupta Vidya S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Linseed is the richest agricultural source of α-linolenic acid (ALA), an ω-3 fatty acid (FA) that offers several nutritional benefits. In the present study, sequence characterization of six desaturase genes (SAD1, SAD2, FAD2, FAD2-2, FAD3A and FAD3B) and 3D structure prediction of their proteins from ten Indian linseed varieties differing in ALA content were performed to determine whether the...
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