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FAD6 - fatty acid desaturase 6 (thale cress)

Gene
Symbol
Dates
  • Create:
    2016-09-14
  • Modify:
    2024-12-28
Description
Chloroplastic enzyme responsible for the synthesis of 16:2 and 18:2 fatty acids from galactolipids, sulpholipids and phosphatidylglycerol. Uses ferredoxin as electron donor. Gene mutation resulted in reduced level of unsaturated fatty acids leading to susceptibility to photoinhibition.

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • CHLOROPLAST PRECURSOR
  • F6I18.140
  • F6I18_140
  • FADC
  • FATTY ACID DESATURASE C
  • OMEGA-6 FATTY ACID DESATURASE
  • SFD4
  • STEAROYL DESATURASE DEFICIENCY 4
  • fatty acid desaturase 6

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 Enzyme Commission (EC) Number

2 Proteins

2.1 Protein Function

Chloroplast omega-6 fatty acid desaturase introduces the second double bond in the biosynthesis of 16:3 and 18:3 fatty acids, important constituents of plant membranes. It is thought to use ferredoxin as an electron donor and to act on fatty acids esterified to galactolipids, sulfolipids and phosphatidylglycerol.

2.2 Protein 3D Structures

2.2.1 AlphaFold Structures

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):583-589. DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2. PMID:34265844; PMCID:PMC8371605

2.3 Protein Targets

3 Interactions and Pathways

3.1 Interactions

3.2 Pathways

4 Biochemical Reactions

5 Expression

6 Literature

6.1 Consolidated References

7 Information Sources

  1. NCBI Gene
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  2. PubChem
  3. BioGRID
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  4. STRING: functional protein association networks
  5. NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)
  6. UniProt
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  7. AlphaFold DB
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  8. Rhea - annotated reactions database
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