Figure 4.  Fatty acid biosynthesis pathway reconstructed based
on the de novo assembly and annotation of D. tertiolecta
transcriptome. Identified enzymes are shown in boxes and
include: ACC, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (EC:; MAT, malonyl-CoA ACP
transacylase (EC:; KAS, beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase (KAS I, EC:;
KASII, EC:; KAS III, EC:; KAR, beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase (EC:;
HAD, beta-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydrase (EC: 4.2.1.-); EAR, enoyl-
ACP reductase (EC:; AAD, acyl-ACP desaturase (EC:; OAH, oleoyl-
ACP hydrolase (EC:; FatA, Acyl-ACP thioesterase A (EC: 3.1.2.-);
Δ12D, Δ126)-desaturase (EC:; Δ15D, and Δ153)-desaturase (EC:
1.4.19.-). The fatty acid biosynthesis pathway in D. tertiolecta
produces saturated, C16:0 (palmitic acid) and C18:0 (stearic
acid), and unsaturated fatty acids C18:1 (9) (oleic acid), C18:2
(9,12) (linoleic acid), and C18:3(9,12,15) (α-linolenic acid).
Key enzymes are shown with an asterisk next to the boxes.
Rismani-Yazdi et al. BMC Genomics 2011 12:148  
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