Functional category : Fatty acid synthesis/PUFAS synthesis

Name : Fatty acid synthesis/PUFAS synthesis
Organism : Caenorhabditis elegans
Description : Peroxisomal beta-oxidation can produce polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) by shortening the carbon-chain, instead of elongating as it happens in the endoplasmatic reticulum. The PUFAs synthetized in the peroxisome are docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3), the main compound in plasmalogens, and docosapentaenoic acid (C22:5n-3). We included the only enzyme involved in chain elongation (PECR).
Gene(s) :
GENE PROTEIN FAMILY
dhs-28
ech-4
F58F9.7
F59B8.2
F59F4.1
pmp-1
pmp-2
pmp-3
pmp-4
pmp-5
T05C12.3
Y25C1A.13
Y57A10C.6
Disease(s) :
Image(s) :

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Lipid metabolism
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