Literature summary extracted from

Watts, J.; Browse, J.
Isolation and characterization of a DELTA5-fatty acid desaturase from Caenorhabditis elegans (1999), Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 362, 175-182.

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number	Cloned (Comment)	Organism
1.14.19.30	expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain InvSc1	Caenorhabditis elegans

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
1.14.19.30	Caenorhabditis elegans	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
1.14.19.30	(7Z)-octadec-7-enoic acid + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+	5% conversion	Caenorhabditis elegans	(5Z,7Z)-octadeca-5,7-dienoic acid + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O	-	?
1.14.19.30	di-homo-gamma-linolenic acid + ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + H+	55% conversion	Caenorhabditis elegans	arachidonic acid + ferricytochrome b5 + H2O	-	?
1.14.19.30	eicosa-11,14,17-trienoic acid + acceptor + O2 + H+	-	Caenorhabditis elegans	eicosa-5,11,14,17-tetraenoic acid + ?	i.e. juniperoic acid	?
1.14.19.30	eicosa-11,14-dienoic acid + acceptor + O2 + H+	-	Caenorhabditis elegans	eicosa-5,11,14-trienoic acid + ?	i.e. sciadonoic acid	?
1.14.19.30	additional information	no activity with 20:1DELTA11, 18:2DELTA9,12, and 18:3DELTA9,12,15	Caenorhabditis elegans	?	-	?

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
1.14.19.30	DELTA5 fatty acid desaturase	-	Caenorhabditis elegans
1.14.19.30	FAT-4	-	Caenorhabditis elegans

Cofactor

EC Number	Cofactor	Comment	Organism	Structure
1.14.19.30	cytochrome b5	-	Caenorhabditis elegans

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