Elongation of very long-chain fatty acid (Elovl) proteins are key enzymes that catalyze the rate-limiting step in the fatty acid elongation pathway. The most recently discovered member …
J Zhu, Z Zou, D Li, W Xiao, J Yu, B Chen, L Xue… - Fishes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hybrid tilapia were produced from hybridization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and blue tilapia (O. aureus). Comparative transcriptome analysis was carried out on the liver of …
Y Zhang, QS Li, YQ Ye, Q Wang, XQ Sun, R Zhao, JT Li - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary PUFAs have an essential impact on human health, but their availability constitutes a critical bottleneck in food production. Although fish is the traditional source of …
B Zhou, XY Wei, ZY Wen, B Wang, YY Zhao… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Fatty acid desaturases (FADs) are rate-limiting enzymes for the biosynthesis of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs). As a new member of the FAD family, Fad6 and its roles …
Depending on the presence and activities of the front-end fatty acyl desaturases and elongation of very long-chain fatty acid (Elovl) enzymes, animals have different capacities for …
Y Zhang, ZM Xu, Q Wang, QS Li, XQ Sun, JT Li - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Fish is an important PUFA source for human diet. Much research has focused on increasing the PUFA products of fish. Improving the biosynthesis of PUFAs …
Abstract The Malaysian mahseer (Tor tambroides) is an iconic and highly-priced freshwater large cyprinid with a natural dietary preference towards riverine fruits. Previous works …
KK Sam, NS Lau, MK Kuah, EA Lading… - Fish Physiology and …, 2022 - Springer
The capacity for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) biosynthesis activity in a species depends on the enzymatic activities of fatty acyl desaturase (Fads) and elongation …