1.14.19.24 (9E)-tetradecenoate + acceptor + O2 + H+ - 1.14.19.24 hexadecanoate + acceptor + O2 + H+ - 1.14.19.24 myristate + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ - 1.14.19.24 myristoyl-CoA + reduced acceptor + O2 a single enzyme may be responsible for the formation of both (Z)- and (E)-11-tetradecanoic acids. It is also possible that two mechanistically identical discrete enzymes are involved in each desaturation 1.14.19.24 myristoyl-CoA + reduced acceptor + O2 enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of Spodoptera littoralis sex pheromone 1.14.19.24 tetradecanoate + acceptor + O2 + H+ -