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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Purification and function analysis of the Δ-17 fatty acid desaturase with or without transmembrane domain.

Haoyu Zhou, Chengming Wang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Haoyu ZhouDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, P.R. China.
Chengming WangDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, P.R. China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CN

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Abstract

Fatty acid desaturation enzymes perform dehydrogenation reactions leading to the insertion of double bonds in fatty acids. ω-3 desaturase has an important role in converting ω-6 fatty acids into ω-3 fatty acids. Although genes for this desaturase have been identified, the enzymatic activity of Δ-17 with or without transmembrane domain, and the function of the Δ-17 desaturase is poorly understood. In the present study, a transgenic microorganism was used to clone the Δ-17 full length (Δ-17FL) and Δ-17 without transmembrane domain (Δ-17NT), the expression efficiency was improved and western blotting was used to detect the protein expression level. The purification of Δ-17 was precipitated using saturated ammonium sulfate solution, dissolved in phosphate buffered saline buffer, and then filtered using a 10 kDa ultrafiltration cube. Gas chromatography analysis was used to measure the effect of Δ-17NT or Δ-17FL expression on

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function analysispurificationtransmembrane domainΔ-17 fatty acid desaturase

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PMID28962132
PMCPMC5609165
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