Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids

The metabolic fate of radioactive linoleate and α-linolenate administered to the South Atlantic copepodParacalanus parvus was studied. The wild copepod was able to incorporate the labeled acids dissolved in seawater. The radioactive linoleate was elongated to 20∶2ω6 and 22∶2ω6 and desaturated by a Δ...

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Autores principales: Moreno, Victor J., De Moreno, Julia E. A., Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1979
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/142819
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language Inglés
topic Biología
Calanoid copepod
Fatty acid
Radioactive linoleate
spellingShingle Biología
Calanoid copepod
Fatty acid
Radioactive linoleate
Moreno, Victor J.
De Moreno, Julia E. A.
Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
topic_facet Biología
Calanoid copepod
Fatty acid
Radioactive linoleate
description The metabolic fate of radioactive linoleate and α-linolenate administered to the South Atlantic copepodParacalanus parvus was studied. The wild copepod was able to incorporate the labeled acids dissolved in seawater. The radioactive linoleate was elongated to 20∶2ω6 and 22∶2ω6 and desaturated by a Δ6 desaturase to 18∶3ω6. α-Linolenate was also desaturated by a Δ6 desaturase to 18∶4ω3 and elongated to 20∶3ω3. The copepod was able to convert α-18∶3 to 20∶5ω3 and 22∶6ω3.
format Articulo
Articulo
author Moreno, Victor J.
De Moreno, Julia E. A.
Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
author_facet Moreno, Victor J.
De Moreno, Julia E. A.
Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
author_sort Moreno, Victor J.
title Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
title_short Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
title_full Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
title_fullStr Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
title_full_unstemmed Fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus: 1 : Polyunsaturated fatty acids
title_sort fatty acid metabolism in the calanoid copepod paracalanus parvus: 1 : polyunsaturated fatty acids
publishDate 1979
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/142819
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