Protein
Acyl-lipid (7-3)-desaturase, chloroplastic
Organism
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Function
Fatty acid desaturase that introduces a cis double bond at the 4-position in 16-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids that contain a Delta(7) double bond, resulting in the production of 16 carbon fatty acid (7Z,10Z,13Z)-hexadeca-7,10,13-trienoate.
Similarity
Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.
Sequence
MNATMQRSAVAGRTSGKVATTARASSMARPRLPIAGRVARRSAVTVRAVAEPVVVDKAVEAPAKPVPSGGDPWEDEKWTKYKWTVYRGVAYDLTPYLDRHPGGRWLLNLAIGRDATALFESYHLRPEVAASMLKRLPVLADFPVDAVPPSPRPNDSELYNAIRERVRKEVFKGTEIKGAHRSGSEGAAFAVLGYAAAMYALYTYDANPLTGALLGLGGAWIGLTIQHCGNHGAMSTNPVVNNLMGLTNDLAGGSSLMWRYHHQVSHHIHCNDDALDEDVFSAFPMLRFDDRLPKAWYHQFQHVYMWALFPFLQLVFQIGDWQALLTNRTVGATLYGASNFERQTLIAGKLAHYFLLYGLPAFLHGPTAMLGGAAGYLFTQSIVLAATFAVSHNVPETKPLDPGPTRENLDESAVTRDWGVQQVLTSANWGGVIGNFFTGGLNLQIEHHLFPAISFMHYPAISKIVADECKQRGIPYSHYDTLPEILGRFVRYMKEVGAAPQKPVKRDGEMLMLSKF