Elongase is a generic term for an enzyme that extends the length of fatty acid. The nomenclature is not applied rigorously. Often, elongase refers to...

elongation reactions, catalyzed by the sequential action of desaturase and elongase enzymes. This pathway, originally identified in Thraustochytrium, applies...

elongation reactions, catalyzed by the sequential action of desaturase and elongase enzymes. This pathway, originally identified in Thraustochytrium, applies...

alachlor are currently registered in the United States. Its mode of action is elongase inhibition, and inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) cyclisation...

18:4-n3) respectively. In the biosynthesis of essential fatty acids, an elongase alternates with various desaturases (for example, Δ6-desaturase) repeatedly...

derived from linoleic acid. They both utilize the same desaturase and elongase proteins in order to synthesize inflammatory regulatory proteins. The products...

class of herbicides known as chloroacetanilides. Its mode of action is elongase inhibition, and inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) cyclization...

acyl-CoA elongase, C18-CoA elongase, and stearoyl-CoA elongase. Bessoule JJ, Lessire R, Cassagne C (1989). "Partial purification of the acyl-CoA elongase of...

An important catalyzer thought to be in this process is the fatty acid elongase (FAE) complex. To form cuticular wax components, VLCFAs are modified through...

by the ELOVL4 gene. ELOVL4 is a member of a large family of fatty acid elongases (ELO) that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the elongation of long...

Desmoplakin gene linked to cardiomyopathy (6p24.3) ELOVL5: ELOVL fatty acid elongase 5 (6p12.1) FBXO9: F-box protein 9 (6p12.1) FOXP4-AS1: encoding protein...

"A Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene required for heterologous fatty acid elongase activity encodes a microsomal beta-keto-reductase". The Journal of Biological...

"Expression of the Isochrysis C18-Δ9 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Specific Elongase Component Alters Arabidopsis Glycerolipid Profiles". Plant Physiology....

napus L.) results from a deletion of four base pairs in the fatty acid elongase 1 gene". Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 116 (4): 491–499. doi:10...

adrenoleukodystrophy Jakobsson, Andreas; Westerberg, Rolf; Jacobsson, Anders "Fatty acid elongases in mammals: their regulation and roles in metabolism" Progress in Lipid...

trans-2,3-dehydroacyl-CoA + NADPH + H+ This is the fourth component of the elongase, a microsomal protein complex responsible for extending palmitoyl-CoA and...

Identifiers Aliases ELOVL5, HELO1, SCA38, dJ483K16.1, ELOVL fatty acid elongase 5 External IDs OMIM: 611805; MGI: 1916051; HomoloGene: 41449; GeneCards:...

(18:3 ω-3) contributes by displacing linoleic acid (18:2 ω-6) from the elongase and desaturase enzymes that produce AA. EPA inhibits phospholipase A2's...

very-long-chain trans-2,3-dehydroacyl-CoA + H2O This is the third component of the elongase. Bach L, Michaelson LV, Haslam R, Bellec Y, Gissot L, Marion J, Da Costa...

engineered biosynthetic pathways for nonnatural C60 carotenoids using C5-elongases and C50-cyclases in Escherichia coli". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 2982...

grasses. Metolachlor was developed by Ciba-Geigy. Its acts by inhibition of elongases and of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) cyclases, which are part...

common enzymes in this family are 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases, fatty acid elongases and very long-chain fatty acid condensing enzymes. The most common general...

(March 2009). "The expressions of Delta 9-, Delta 12-desaturases and an elongase by the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii are salt dependent"...

unsaturated fatty acid (20:2, n-6) When AL10 is co-expressed with a Δ9-elongase the biosynthesis of sciadonic acid is achieved in transgenic plants. A...

fatty acid) → γ-linolenic acid (GLA: C18H30O2; 18:3-n6) → Δ6-specific elongase (introducing two carbons and four hydrogens) → Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid...

very-long-chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA + CO2 + coenzyme A This is the first component of the elongase, a microsomal protein complex responsible for extending palmitoyl-CoA and...

lycopaoctaene synthase EC 2.5.1.149: lycopene elongase/hydratase (flavuxanthin-forming) EC 2.5.1.150: lycopene elongase/hydratase (dihydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin-forming)...

by the abundance of four long chain polyunsaturated alkenes. From 16 elongases and 10 desaturases found in Z. nevadensis one of each group is highly...

caspase, a cathepsin B, several kinases, E3 ubiquitin ligases, a fatty acid elongase, a sphingomyelinase, a phosphate acyltransferase and a patatin-like phospholipase...

apolipoproteins, sterol regulatory element binding protein, and the fatty acid elongase elovl3 through its repressional activity In addition, the silencing of...