Cloning and functional characterisation of an enzyme involved in the elongation 
of delta-6-polyunsaturated fatty acids from the moss Physcomitrella patens

Zank, T. K.; Zahringer, U.; Beckmann, C.; Pohnert, G.; Boland, W.; Holtorf, H.; Reski, R.; Lerchl, J.; Heinz, E.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01354.x

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Cloning and functional characterisation of an enzyme involved in the elongation of delta-6-polyunsaturated fatty acids from the moss Physcomitrella patens

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Beckmann, C.
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Pohnert, G.
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Boland, W.
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Zank, T. K., Zahringer, U., Beckmann, C., Pohnert, G., Boland, W., Holtorf, H., et al. (2002). Cloning and functional characterisation of an enzyme involved in the elongation of delta-6-polyunsaturated fatty acids from the moss Physcomitrella patens. The Plant Journal, 31(3), 255-268. doi:10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01354.x.

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Abstract

The moss Physcomitrella patens contains high proportions of polyunsaturated very-long-chain fatty acids with up to 20 carbon atoms. Starting from preformed C-18 polyunsaturated fatty acids, their biosynthesis involves a sequence of Delta6- desaturation,