homologous to delta 9 acyl-lipid desaturases of cyanobacteria and acyl-CoA desaturases of yeast and mammals. expression up-regulated by cold temperature.
Computational Description
16:0delta9 desaturase 2 (DS2); FUNCTIONS IN: oxidoreductase activity, oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water; INVOLVED IN: oxidation reduction, lipid metabolic process; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Fatty acid desaturase, type 1, core (InterPro:IPR015876), Fatty acid desaturase, type 1 (InterPro:IPR005804); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: delta 9 desaturase 1 (TAIR:AT1G06080.1); Has 3454 Blast hits to 3454 proteins in 832 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 1553; Metazoa - 797; Fungi - 236; Plants - 106; Viruses - 4; Other Eukaryotes - 758 (source: NCBI BLink).