Protein
Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase fat-6
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Delta(9)-fatty-acid desaturase that acts preferentially on stearoyl-CoA. Also acts on vaccenyl-coA and heptadecanyol-CoA.
Similarity
Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase type 1 family.
Sequence
MTVKTRSNIAKKIEKDGGPETQYLAVDPNEIIQLQEESKKIPYKMEIVWRNVALFAALHFAAAIGLYQLIFEAKWQTVIFTFLLYVFGGFGITAGAHRLWSHKSYKATTPMRIFLMILNNIALQNDVIEWARDHRCHHKWTDTDADPHNTTRGFFFAHMGWLLVRKHPQVKEQGAKLDMSDLLSDPVLVFQRKHYFPLVILCCFILPTIIPVYFWKETAFIAFYTAGTFRYCFTLHATWCINSAAHYFGWKPYDSSITPVENVFTTIAAVGEGGHNFHHTFPQDYRTSEYSLKYNWTRVLIDTAAALGLVYDRKTACDEIIGRQVSNHGCDIQRGKSIM