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- Isolation and Functional Characterization of a Delta 6-Desaturase Gene from the Pike Eel (Muraenesox cinereus)
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Sun Hee Kim , Kyung Hee Roh , Jung-Bong Kim , Kwang-Soo Kim , Nam Shin Kim , Hyun Uk Kim , Kyeong-Ryeol Lee , Jong-Sug Park , Jong-Bum Kim
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J. Microbiol. 2013;51(6):807-813. Published online October 5, 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-3144-3
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Stearidonic acid (STA; 18:4n-3) and γ-linolenic acid (GLA;
18:3n-6) are significant intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway
for the very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3) and arachidonic acid
(ARA; 20:4n-6), respectively. To develop a sustainable system
for the production of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids,
we focused on the action of the enzyme delta 6-desaturase
(D6DES) on the essential acids, linoleic acid (LA; 18:2n-6)
and α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3). A 1,335-bp full-length
cDNA encoding D6DES (McD6DES) was cloned from Muraenesox
cinereus using degenerate PCR and RACE-PCR
methods
. To investigate the enzymatic activity of McD6DES
in the production of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids, a recombinant
plasmid expressing McD6DES (pYES-McD6DES) was transformed
into and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The
exogenously expressed McD6DES produced GLA and STA
at conversion rates of 14.2% and 45.9%, respectively, from
the exogenous LA and ALA substrates. These results indicate
that McD6DES is essentially a delta 6-desaturase involved
in very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis.
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J. Microbiol. 2013;51(4):471-476. Published online August 30, 2013
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Conventional beliefs surrounding the linolenic acid (LNA; cis-9 cis-12 cis-15 C18:3) biohydrogenation (BH) pathway propose that it converts to stearic acid (SA) without the formation of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as intermediate isomers. However, an advanced study (Lee and Jenkins, 2011) verified that LNA BH yields multiple CLAs. This study utilized the stable isotope tracer to investigate the BH intermediates of 13C-LNA with different pH conditions (5.5 and 6.5). The 13C enrichment was calculated as a 13C/12C ratio of labeled minus unlabeled. After 24 h, eight CLA isomers were significantly enriched on both pH treatment, this result verifies that these CLAs originated from 13C-LNA BH which supports the results of Lee and Jenkins (2011). The enrichment of cis-cis double bond CLAs (cis-9 cis-11 and cis-10 cis-12 CLA) were significantly higher at low pH conditions. Furthermore, the concentration of cis-10 cis-12 CLA at low pH was four times higher than at high pH conditions after a 3 h incubation. These differences support the LNA BH pathways partial switch under different pH conditions, with a strong influence on the cis-cis CLA at low pH. Several mono-, di-, and tri-enoic fatty acid isomers were enriched during 24 h of incubation, but the enrichment was decreased or restricted at low pH treatment. Based on these results, it is proposed that low pH conditions may cause a changed or limited capacity of the isomerization and reduction steps in BH.
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- Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of a Delta 6-Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene from Rhizopus stolonifer Strain YF6 Which Can Accumulate High Levels of Gamma-Linolenic Acid
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Xia Wan , Yinbo Zhang , Ping Wang , Mulan Jiang
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J. Microbiol. 2011;49(1):151-154. Published online March 3, 2011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-0254-7
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The delta 6-desaturase gene was cloned from Rhizopus stolonifer, which could accumulate up to 49% of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, C18:3 Δ6,9,12) to the total fatty acids. The cloned DNA contains a 1,380 bp open reading frame encoding a protein of 460 amino acids, which showed high similarity to those of fungal delta 6-desaturases with three conserved histidine-rich motifs and HPGG motif. Notably, this deduced sequence had a shorter C-terminus. Results demonstrated that the cDNA sequence exhibited delta 6-desaturase activity by accumulation of about 22.4% of GLA to the total fatty acids in the recombinant Pichia pastoris strain GS115.