Nomenclature
EC number
1.14.19.5
Systematic name
acyl-CoA,hydrogen donor:oxygen Δ11-oxidoreductase
Recommended name
Δ11-fatty-acid desaturase
Synonyms
APTQ desaturase <13> [15]
Cro-Z/E11 <6> [8]
D11 desaturase <3,4,10> [6,12,13,16]
D11-(Z)-desaturase <1,2> [4]
D11-desaturase <5,6,8,9,14,15,16> (<5> several D11-desaturase systems: one
produces a large quantitiy of (Z)-11-hexadecenoic acid and another produces
(E)1-tetradecenoic acid [7]) [2,7,8,9,17,18]
D11-fatty-acid desaturase <17,18> [19,20]
D11-myristoyl-CoA desaturase <4> [1]
D11-palmitoyl-CoA-desaturase <4> [3]
D11-palmitoyl-coenzyme A desaturase <6> [8]
Dpu-D11-APSQ <17> [19]
Dpu-D11-LPAE <17> [19]
LATPG1 <18> [20]
Lca-KPVQ <14> [17]
OfuZ/E11 protein <15> [18]
OscZ/E11 protein <16> [18]
PDesat-TnD11 Z protein <7> [11]
Sls//E11 <10> [6]
TpDESN <9> [2]
Z/E11-desaturase <6> [8]
acyl-CoA <6> [8]
acyl-CoA D11-desaturase <7> [11]
acyl-CoA desaturase <14> [17]
bifunctional Δ11-desaturase <4> [12]
bifunctional Z-Δ11-desaturase <13> [15]
fatty acid Δ11-desaturase <6> [8]
sphingolipid long chain base Δ8 desaturase <8> [9]
CAS registry number
77000-04-5
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Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (2013). Δ11-fatty-acid desaturase 1.14.19.5. In: Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (eds) Class 1 Oxidoreductases. Springer Handbook of Enzymes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36265-1_96
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