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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Several characteristics of the microsomal phospholipid desaturase of Candida lipolytica are described. The phospholipid desaturase reaction required molecular oxygen and reduced pyridine nucleotides as essential cofactors and was inhibited by cyanide but not by carbonmonoxide, indicating that it required cytochrome b5. Desaturation of both 1-acyl-2-[14-C]oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine and 1,2-di-[14C] oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine appeared to follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with apparent Km values of 2.5 10-minus 4 M and 9.5 10-minus 4 M, respectively. Desaturation of the di-[14C] oleoylphosphatidylcholine took place at both position-1 and position-2; the distearoyl or dielaidoyl phosphatidylcholines were not desaturated. Rate of desaturation of the 1=acyl-2-[14-C] oleoyl-glycerophosphorylcholine by microsomes from cold-grown cells was equal to or slightly less than that by microsomes from cells grown at the normal growth temperature of 25 degreesC, measured in the temperature range 10-30 degrees C. However, the rate of desaturation of [14-C]-oleoyl-CoA desaturase was greater with the microsomal preparation from cold-grown cells than with that from 25 degreesC grown cells. These data suggest that the observed increase of diunsaturated fatty acids in cold-grown cells may perhaps be explained by the increased activity of the oleoyl-CoA desaturase acting at the low temperature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
380
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
442-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of a membrane-bound phospholipid desaturase system of candida lipolytica.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article