KEGG Orthology (KO) [BR:ko00001]
09100 Metabolism
09103 Lipid metabolism
01040 Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids
K23006 FAD3; omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (Delta-15 desaturase)
Enzymes [BR:ko01000]
1. Oxidoreductases
1.14 Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
1.14.19 With oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of O2 to two molecules of water
1.14.19.-
K23006 FAD3; omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (Delta-15 desaturase)
Isolation of Delta12 and omega3-fatty acid desaturase genes from the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and their heterologous expression to produce linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.