[HTML][HTML] Desaturases and elongases involved in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic animals: From genes to functions

Ó Monroig, AC Shu-Chien, N Kabeya, DR Tocher… - Progress in lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems are rich in “omega-3” long-chain (C 20-24) polyunsaturated fatty acids
(LC-PUFA). Their production has been historically accepted to derive mostly from marine …

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in chordates: Insights into the evolution of Fads and Elovl gene repertoire

LFC Castro, DR Tocher, O Monroig - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) are major components of complex lipid
molecules and are also involved in numerous critical biological processes. Studies …

Regulation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in teleost fish

D **e, C Chen, Y Dong, C You, S Wang… - Progress in Lipid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Omega-3 (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA, C 20-24),
including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20: 5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6n …

Fatty acid requirements in ontogeny of marine and freshwater fish

DR Tocher - Aquaculture research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Essential fatty acid (EFA) requirements vary qualitatively and quantitatively with both species
and during ontogeny of fish, with early developmental stages and broodstock being critical …

[書籍][B] Fish oil replacement and alternative lipid sources in aquaculture feeds

GM Turchini, WK Ng, DR Tocher - 2010 - taylorfrancis.com
Experts are predicting that demand for marine fish oil will soon outstrip supply, creating
extreme urgency within the global aquafeed industry to find viable alternatives. Fish Oil …

Towards fish lipid nutrigenomics: current state and prospects for fin-fish aquaculture

MJ Leaver, JM Bautista, BT Björnsson… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Lipids are the predominant source of energy for fish. The mechanisms by which fish allocate
energy from lipids for metabolism, development, growth, and reproduction are critical for …

Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Atlantic salmon: characterization of ELOVL5-and ELOVL2-like elongases

S Morais, O Monroig, X Zheng, MJ Leaver… - Marine …, 2009 - Springer
Fish species vary in their capacity to biosynthesize the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids (LC-PUFA), eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids that are …

Polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and metabolism in fish

O Monroig, DR Tocher, LFC Castro - Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Fish are primary sources of the healthy n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for
humans. This also applied historically to farmed fish, but the impact that nonmarine …

The repertoire of desaturases and elongases reveals fatty acid variations in 56 eukaryotic genomess⃞

K Hashimoto, AC Yoshizawa, S Okuda, K Kuma… - Journal of lipid …, 2008 - ASBMB
The repertoire of biosynthetic enzymes found in an organism is an important clue for
elucidating the chemical structural variations of various compounds. In the case of fatty …

Functional Desaturase Fads1 (Δ5) and Fads2 (Δ6) Orthologues Evolved before the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

LFC Castro, O Monroig, MJ Leaver, J Wilson, I Cunha… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) such as arachidonic (ARA),
eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids are essential components of …