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Fatty acid desaturase activity

Term Information

Accession
SOY:0002193
Name
Fatty acid desaturase activity
Ontology
soybean_trait
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The fatty acid desaturase activity of a plant or plant part. [source: unknown]
Comment
Catalyzes the removal of two hydrogen atoms from a fatty acid chain leaving a C=C bond. Commonly separated into two types, delta and omega. Delta FA desaturases create the double bond in the delta orientation whereas the omega desaturases create the double bond at the 3rd and 4th carbon from the methyl end of the fatty acid.
Taxon info
None
Chem. react.
None
Subset
None
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Parents of Fatty acid desaturase activity (SOY:0002193)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
Fatty acid desaturase activity [is_a relation] is_a  Enzymatic activity (SOY:0001846)
Children of Fatty acid desaturase activity (SOY:0002193)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
Sphingolipid delta-8 desaturase activity (SOY:0002194) [is_a relation] is_a  Fatty acid desaturase activity
Delta-8 sphingolipid desaturase activity (SOY:0002195) [is_a relation] is_a  Fatty acid desaturase activity
Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase activity (SOY:0001926) [is_a relation] is_a  Fatty acid desaturase activity
Omega-6 fatty acid desaturase activity (SOY:0002069) [is_a relation] is_a  Fatty acid desaturase activity
GO
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