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Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology

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Table 4 Enzyme Activities Involved in Fatty Acid Modification in the Endoplasmic Reticulum<br />

Common name (Other common names) Abbreviation EC number a,b<br />

Acyl–CoA elongase (Icosanoyl–CoA<br />

synthetase)<br />

Oleate hydroxylase (Phosphatidylcholine 12monooxygenase;<br />

ricinoleic acid synthase;<br />

oleate � 12 -hydroxylase)<br />

Systematic name<br />

ACE 2.3.1.119 Stearoyl-CoA malonyl-CoA C-acyltransferase<br />

(decarboxylating, oxoacyl- <strong>and</strong> enoyl-<br />

reducing)<br />

12-MO 1.14.13.26 1-Acyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3phosphocholine:NADH:oxygen<br />

oxidoreductase (12-hydroxylating)<br />

Oleate epoxidase 12-EPOX N/A N/A 149<br />

Oleoyl–phosphatidylcholine desaturase<br />

(Phosphatidylcholine desaturase; oleate<br />

desaturase; linoleate synthase)<br />

Linoleoyl–phosphatidylcholine desaturase<br />

(�-linolenate-forming)<br />

Linoleoyl–phosphatidylcholine desaturase<br />

(�-linolenate-forming)<br />

a EC numbers from Ref. 37.<br />

b N/A, not available or not appropriate.<br />

Source Ref. 37 <strong>and</strong> other works indicated.<br />

Copyright 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<br />

�12DES 1.3.1.35 1-Acyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine:<br />

NAD � -� 12 -oxidoreductase<br />

Relevant<br />

citations<br />

�15DES N/A N/A 166<br />

�6DES N/A N/A 167<br />

168<br />

150<br />

151<br />

143<br />

144<br />

147<br />

160<br />

161

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