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ArticleLipids2009

Cloning and characterization of the 6 polyunsaturated fatty acid elongase from the green microalga Parietochloris incisa.

Umidjon Iskandarov, Inna Khozin-Goldberg, Rivka Ofir, Zvi Cohen

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Article in Lipids, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Umidjon IskandarovThe Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, 84990, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel.
Inna Khozin-Goldberg
Rivka Ofir
Zvi Cohen
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILDead Sea and Arava Science Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (VLC-PUFA), arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4omega-6) is a component of neuron tissues such as brain and retina cells and a primary substrate for the biosynthesis of biologically active eicosanoids. The green freshwater microalga Parietochloris incisa (Trebouxiophyceae) has been shown to accumulate an extraordinary high content of ARA-rich triacylglycerols. It was thus interesting to characterize the genes involved in lipid biosynthesis in this alga. We report here the identification of a cDNA encoding for a P. incisa PUFA elongase (PiELO1) and demonstrate that the expression of PiELO1 in yeast Saccharomyces cereviseae confers its elongase activity on C18 6 PUFA. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that PiELO1 is highly similar to functionally characterized 6 PUFA elongase genes from other green algae and lower plants. Quantitative real-time PCR expression studies showed that PiELO1 is upregulated under nitrogen starvation, the condition triggering and enhancing storage oil and ARA accumulation in P. incisa.

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AcetyltransferasesAmino Acid SequenceChlorophytaCloning, MolecularFatty Acid ElongasesGene Expression ProfilingMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSaccharomycesTime FactorsAcetyltransferasesFatty Acid ElongasesRNA, Messenger

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