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- Title
Desaturases: Structural and mechanistic insights into the biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids.
- Authors
Cerone, Michela; Smith, Terry K.
- Abstract
This review highlights the key role of fatty acid desaturases in the synthesis of naturally occurring, more common and not unsaturated fatty acids. The three major classes of fatty acid desaturases, such as acyl‐lipid, acyl‐acyl carrier protein and acyl‐coenzyme A, are described in detail, with particular attention to the cellular localisation, the structure, the substrate and product specificity and the expression and regulation of desaturase genes. The review also gives an insight into the biocatalytic reaction of fatty acid desaturation by covering the general and more class‐specific mechanistic studies around the synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids Finally, we conclude the review by looking at the numerous novel applications for desaturases in order to meet the very high demand for polyunsaturated fatty acids, taking into account the opportunity for the development of new, more efficient, easily reproducible, sustainable bioengineering advances in the field.
- Subjects
FATTY acid desaturase; DESATURASES; CARRIER proteins; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC regulation; ACYLTRANSFERASES
- Publication
IUBMB Life, 2022, Vol 74, Issue 11, p1036
- ISSN
1521-6543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/iub.2671