Article
Arabidopsis FAD2 gene encodes the enzyme that is essential for polyunsaturated lipid synthesis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 1994
Okuley J, Lightner J, Feldmann K, Yadav N, Lark E, Browse J
Abstract excerpt
The polyunsaturated fatty acids linoleate and alpha-linolenate are important membrane components and are the essential fatty acids of human nutrition. The major enzyme responsible for the synthesis of these compounds is the plant oleate desaturase of the endoplasmic reticulum, and its activity is...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cold Temperature
- DNA
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fatty Acid Desaturases
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Iron
- Linoleic Acid
- Linoleic Acids
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
- Plant Proteins