ARABIDOPSIS  ACYL-LIPID METABOLISM 
          
              
      
      
    ENZYME & PROTEIN DATA 
       
       | 
     
   
 
       | 
    
    
      
           | 
      
      
        
  
    
  
    
      
        Dihydrosphingosine Δ-4 Desaturase
      
     | 
   
 
    
        
              
                
                    
                    
                      
                        
                          
                              
                          
                        
                       | 
                     
                
                 
                
                
                
                  | 
                    NADPH+ H+ | 
                   | 
                  
                    NADP+ | 
                 
                
                  | 
                    sphinganine | 
                  
 | 
                  
                    sphingosine | 
                  
                      
                        
                       | 
                  
                   | 
                 
                
                
               
        
    
 | 
 
 
 
    
  
    
       Locus Data & Links    (May need to scroll right or left to show columns)
      
     | 
   
 
  
    
      
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
              
                
                    
                    
                    | 
                      
                      
                          
                      
                      
                      
                      
                     | 
                    
                      
                          
                          
                               
                                DSD1
                               
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                    
                      
                          
                          
                              
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                       
                              
                              
                                  
                              
                                  
                              
                                   
                                    
                                   
                              
                              
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                      
                          
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                      
                          
                          
                               
                                Mutant Char.; Heterol Exp'n.
                               
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                        
                           
                            
                              1 Ref
                            
                           
                          
                            
                              Michaelson, L.V., Zauner, S., Markham, J.E., Haslam, R.P., Desikan, R., Mugford, S., Albrecht, S., Warnecke, D., Sperling, P., Heinz, E., and Napier, J.A.   (2009). Functional characterization of a higher plant sphingolipid Delta4-desaturase: Defining the role of sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 149  , 487-498.
                             
                           
                         | 
                    
                    
                      Insertional mutagenesis of the Arabidopsis sphingolipid D4-desaturase doesnot result in any phenotypic alterations to growth or development. But the absence of Δ4-unsaturated sphingolipids in floral tissue, resulting in the reduced accumulation of glucosylceramides. 
                     | 
                    
                      
                          
                               
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                      
                          
                               
                          
                      
                     | 
                    
                            
                            
                              
                                  Data
                              
                             | 
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
               
          
      
      
     
   
  
 
    
        
    
       |