Biotechnological potential of insect fatty acid-modifying enzymes

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znc-2017-0031" target="_blank" >10.1515/znc-2017-0031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biotechnological potential of insect fatty acid-modifying enzymes

Original language description

There are more than one million described insect species. This species richness is reflected in the diversity of insect metabolic processes. In particular, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, such as defensive compounds and chemical signals, encompasses an extraordinarily wide range of chemicals that are generally unparalleled among natural products from other organisms. Insect genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes thus offer a valuable resource for discovery of novel enzymes with potential for biotechnological applications. Here, we focus on fatty acid (FA) metabolism-related enzymes, notably the fatty acyl desaturases and fatty acyl reductases involved in the biosynthesis of FA-derived pheromones. Research on insect pheromone-biosynthetic enzymes, which exhibit diverse enzymatic properties, has the potential to broaden the understanding of enzyme specificity determinants and contribute to engineering of enzymes with desired properties for biotechnological production of FA derivatives. Additionally, the application of such pheromone-biosynthetic enzymes represents an environmentally friendly and economic alternative to the chemical synthesis of pheromones that are used in insect pest management strategies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. Section C: a Journal of Biosciences

ISSN

0939-5075

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

72

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9/10

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

387-403

UT code for WoS article

000411397500023

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85029215011