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Lipids ; 44(7): 621-30, 2009 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19495823

RESUMO

Schizochytrium produces long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) via a PUFA synthase. Targeted mutagenesis of one gene of this synthase was conducted to confirm PUFA synthase function and determine its metabolic necessity. The resulting mutants were auxotrophic and required supplementation with PUFAs. In vivo labeling experiments with radioactive fatty acids demonstrated the presence of several elongase and desaturase activities associated with the standard pathway of PUFA synthesis. However, this system was missing a critical Delta12 desaturase activity and was therefore not capable of synthesizing PUFAs from the 16- or 18-carbon saturated fatty acid products of the fatty acid synthase. Because Schizochytrium uses a PUFA synthase system for the production of PUFAs, the existence of a partial desaturase-elongase system (if not a simple vestige) is suggested to be either a scavenging mechanism for intermediate fatty acids prematurely released by the PUFA synthase or for PUFAs found in the organism's native environment.


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Diatomáceas/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados/biossíntese , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/genética , Redes e Vias Metabólicas/genética , Células Cultivadas , Clonagem Molecular , Diatomáceas/genética , Ácido Graxo Sintase Tipo II/genética , Organismos Geneticamente Modificados , Oxirredução
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