Desaturase specificity is controlled by the physicochemical properties of a single amino acid residue in the substrate binding tunnel

Desaturase specificity is controlled by the physicochemical properties of a single amino acid residue in the substrate binding tunnel

Membrane fatty acyl desaturases (mFAD) are ubiquitous enzymes in eukaryotes. They introduce double bonds into fatty acids (FAs), producing structurally diverse unsaturated FAs which serve as membrane lipid components or precursors of signaling molecules. The mechanisms controlling enzymatic specific...

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Main Authors: Aleš Buček, Mario Vazdar, Michal Tupec, Aleš Svatoš, Iva Pichová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Subjects:
Acyl-CoA desaturase
Manduca sexta
Bombyx mori
Enzymatic specificity
Protein engineering
Molecular dynamics simulations
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037020302749

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