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A strategy based on fatty acid α-oxidation was developed to discriminate Δ4-desaturation and the involvement of a polyketide synthase system in the production of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6Δ4,7,10,13,16,19) from exogenously supplied docosapentaenoic acid (22:5Δ4,7,10,13,16,19) in Euglena gracilis and Thraustochytrium sp. Thraustochytrium also seems to possess an ω3-desaturase activity working on C22 fatty acid substrates. This activity was apparently missing in Euglena.
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Meyer, A., Ott, C., Heinz, E. (2003). Biochemical Studies on the Production of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Euglena and Thraustochytrium . In: Murata, N., Yamada, M., Nishida, I., Okuyama, H., Sekiya, J., Hajime, W. (eds) Advanced Research on Plant Lipids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0159-4_29
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