In most plants, major unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) are three C18 species, namely, oleic
(18: 1), linoleic (18: 2), and α-linolenic (18: 3) acids. These simple compounds play multiple …

In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the geometric and
electronic structures of the active sites of non-heme iron enzymes and the contributions of …

▪ Abstract Desaturation of a fatty acid first involves the enzymatic removal of a hydrogen from
a methylene group in an acyl chain, a highly energy-demanding step that requires an …

Fatty acid desaturases are enzymes that introduce double bonds into fatty acyl chains. They
are present in all groups of organisms, ie, bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, and play a key …

Plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria experience frequent changes in environment. The
ability to survive depends on their capacity to acclimate to such changes. In particular …

Polyacetylenic natural products are a substantial class of often unstable compounds
containing a unique carbon–carbon triple bond functionality, that are intriguing for their wide …

▪ Abstract In many plants lipids represent up to 80% of dry weight of storage tissues. In
seeds, lipids accumulate as triacylglycerols (TAGs), which are formed by an extension of the …

Immobilization of enzymes is not a new concept but one that has been around for over 100
years. However, wide applications for immobilized enzymes came only in the past four …

The fatty acyl desaturases encompass a superfamily of enzymes, representatives of which
are found in all plants and animals, and which have the function of introducing double bonds …

When considering the evolution of desaturases, several different aspects come into focus,
the most obvious ones being phylogenetic origins and differentiation of regioselectivities of …