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EC 1.14.19.47 Details
EC number
1.14.19.47
Accepted name
acyl-lipid (9-3)-desaturase
Reaction
(1) an α-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = a stearidonoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O;;(2) a linoleoyl-[glycerolipid] + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = a γ-linolenoyl-[glycerolipid] + ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O
Other name(s)
DES6 (gene name), acyl-lipid 6-desaturase, acyl-lipid Δ6-desaturase, Δ6-desaturase (ambiguous)
Systematic name
Δ9 acyl-[glycerolipid],ferrocytochrome b5:oxygen oxidoreductase (6,7-cis-dehydrogenating)
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the moss Physcomitrella patens and the plant Borago officinalis (borage), introduces a cis double bond at carbon 6 of several acyl-lipids that contain an existing Δ9 cis double bond. The enzyme contains a cytochrome b5 domain that acts as the electron donor for the active site of the desaturase.
History
created 2015
EC Tree
1.14.3.1 created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.2, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.3.1, deleted 1972