Delta8-fatty-acid desaturase
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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 | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 1.14.19.4 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme, which has been found mainly in plants, introduces a double bond at Delta8 of C18 and C20 fatty acids.
