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Comparative Analysis of Fatty Acid Desaturases in Cyanobacterial Genomes
- Source :
- Comparative and Functional Genomics, Vol 2008 (2008), Comparative and Functional Genomics
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2008.
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Abstract
- Fatty acid desaturases are enzymes that introduce double bonds into the hydrocarbon chains of fatty acids. The fatty acid desaturases from 37 cyanobacterial genomes were identified and classified based upon their conserved histidine-rich motifs and phylogenetic analysis, which help to determine the amounts and distributions of desaturases in cyanobacterial species. The filamentous orN2-fixing cyanobacteria usually possess more types of fatty acid desaturases than that of unicellular species. The pathway of acyl-lipid desaturation for unicellular marine cyanobacteriaSynechococcusandProchlorococcusdiffers from that of other cyanobacteria, indicating different phylogenetic histories of the two genera from other cyanobacteria isolated from freshwater, soil, or symbiont. StrainGloeobacter violaceusPCC 7421 was isolated from calcareous rock and lacks thylakoid membranes. The types and amounts of desaturases of this strain are distinct to those of other cyanobacteria, reflecting the earliest divergence of it from the cyanobacterial line. Three thermophilic unicellular strains,Thermosynechococcus elongatusBP-1 and twoSynechococcusYellowstone species, lack highly unsaturated fatty acids in lipids and contain only oneΔ9desaturase in contrast with mesophilic strains, which is probably due to their thermic habitats. Thus, the amounts and types of fatty acid desaturases are various among different cyanobacterial species, which may result from the adaption to environments in evolution.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Cyanobacteria
Article Subject
biology
Phylogenetic tree
lcsh:QH426-470
Thermophile
biology.organism_classification
Synechococcus
lcsh:Genetics
Enzyme
chemistry
lcsh:Biology (General)
Thylakoid
Botany
Genetics
bacteria
lcsh:Q
Prochlorococcus
lcsh:Science
Molecular Biology
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Biotechnology
Anabaena variabilis
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15326268 and 15316912
- Volume :
- 2008
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comparative and Functional Genomics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2bd75b059a22255978fabeb91ecde071