FAD2 — Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Summary
DCAR_019786, symbol DcFAD2 on carrot chromosome 5, encodes a fatty acid desaturase domain-containing protein with oleate D12-hydroxylase, omega-6 fatty acid desaturase, and oxidoreductase activities. The gene is associated with unsaturated fatty acid anabolism, fatty acid metabolism, and lipid metabolism, and its product localises to the ER membrane. DcFAD2 participates in glycolipid desaturation and multiple reactions converting monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and digalactosyldiacylglycerol species. Related genes in other species link the family to the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Annotations
- Chromosome
- 5
- GO terms
- taste, Oxidoreductase Activity, Acting On Paired Donors, With Oxidation Of A Pair Of Donors Resulting In The Reduction Of Molecular Oxygen To Two Molecules Of Water, lipid metabolism, fatty acid anabolism, fatty acid metabolism, Membrane, redox activity, Monooxygenase Activity
- Publications
- PMID:30333150, PMID:40156193, PMID:27158781, PMID:22371508, PMID:29161754, PMID:1417766, PMID:7624314, PMID:27056057