ENTRY EC 1.14.99.25
NAME Linoleoyl-CoA desaturase
delta6-Desaturase
CLASS Oxidoreductases
Acting on paired donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen
Miscellaneous
SYSNAME Linoleoyl-CoA, hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase
REACTION Linoleoyl-CoA + AH2 + O2 = gamma-Linolenoyl-CoA + A + 2 H2O
SUBSTRATE Linoleoyl-CoA
AH2
O2
PRODUCT gamma-Linolenoyl-CoA
A
H2O
COFACTOR Iron
COMMENT An iron protein. The rat liver enzyme is an enzyme system
involving cytochrome b5 and EC 1.6.2.2.
GENES SYN: sll0262(des6)
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.14.99.25
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.14.99.25
///
DBGET integrated database retrieval system,
GenomeNet