Molecular and functional characterization of a fads2 orthologue in the Amazonian teleost, Arapaima gigas

The Brazilian teleost Arapaima gigas is an iconic species of the Amazon. In recent years a significant effort has been put into the farming of arapaima to mitigate overfishing threats. However, little is known regarding the nutritional requirements of A. gigas in particular those for essential fatty...

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Main Author: Lopes-Marques M. (author)
Other Authors: Ozório R. (author), Amaral R. (author), Tocher D.R. (author), Monroig Ó. (author), Castro L.F.C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
acyl coenzyme A desaturase
fatty acid desaturase 2
histidine
unclassified drug
delta-12 fatty acid desaturase
unsaturated fatty acid
Arapaima gigas
Article
controlled study
enzyme assay
enzyme mechanism
molecular dynamics
nonhuman
open reading frame
phylogeny
priority journal
protein domain
protein function
protein motif
sequence analysis
amino acid sequence
animal
biosynthesis
chemistry
conserved sequence
fish
genetics
metabolism
sequence alignment
sequence homology
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Conserved Sequence
Fatty Acid Desaturases
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Fishes
Phylogeny
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/120365
Country:Portugal
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