Comparison of the Substrate Preferences of ω3 Fatty Acid Desaturases for Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Comparison of the Substrate Preferences of ω3 Fatty Acid Desaturases for Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 LC-PUFAs) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5ω3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6ω3) are important fatty acids for human health. These ω3 LC-PUFAs are produced from their ω3 precursors by a set of...

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Main Authors: Pushkar Shrestha, Xue-Rong Zhou, Sapna Vibhakaran Pillai, James Petrie, Robert de Feyter, Surinder Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
Omega-3 desaturase
long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
substrate specificity
EPA
DHA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/12/3058

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