Protein
Acyl-lipid (8-3)-desaturase
Organism
Thraustochytrium sp
Function
Fatty acid desaturase that introduces a cis double bond at the 5-position in 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids incorporated in a glycerolipid that contain a Delta(8) double bond.
Similarity
Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.
Sequence
MGKGSEGRSAAREMTAEANGDKRKTILIEGVLYDATNFKHPGGSIINFLTEGEAGVDATQAYREFHQRSGKADKYLKSLPKLDASKVESRFSAKEQARRDAMTRDYAAFREELVAEGYFDPSIPHMIYRVVEIVALFALSFWLMSKASPTSLVLGVVMNGIAQGRCGWVMHEMGHGSFTGVIWLDDRMCEFFYGVGCGMSGHYWKNQHSKHHAAPNRLEHDVDLNTLPLVAFNERVVRKVKPGSLLALWLRVQAYLFAPVSCLLIGLGWTLYLHPRYMLRTKRHMEFVWIFARYIGWFSLMGALGYSPGTSVGMYLCSFGLGCIYIFLQFAVSHTHLPVTNPEDQLHWLEYAADHTVNISTKSWLVTWWMSNLNFQIEHHLFPTAPQFRFKEISPRVEALFKRHNLPYYDLPYTSAVSTTFANLYSVGHSVGADTKKQD