NCBI Accession #
NP_566529.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_112455.4
NCBI Official Full Name
fatty acid desaturase 5
NCBI Official Symbol
FAD5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ADS3; AtADS3; FADB; fatty acid desaturase 5; FATTY ACID DESATURASE B; JB67
NCBI Protein Information
fatty acid desaturase 5
NCBI Summary
Chloroplastic enzyme responsible for the synthesis of 16:1 fatty acids from galactolipids and sulpholipids. Uses ferredoxin as electron donor.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
FADB
UniProt Protein Name
Palmitoyl-monogalactosyldiacylglycerol delta-7 desaturase, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Acyl-lipid desaturase 3
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q949X0
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8LCQ8; Q9LVZ4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q949X0
UniProt Comments
Fatty acid desaturase involved in the first desaturation step leading to the formation of hexadeca 7,10,13-trienoic acid (16:3(7Z,10Z,13Z)), the major functional components of thylakoid membranes (PubMed:15579662, PubMed:16666902, PubMed:15240892). Required for chloroplast biogenesis at low temperature (PubMed:16668849). Also indirectly involved in the production of the oxylipin dinor-oxo-phyto-dienoic acid implicated in wound signaling (PubMed:15579662).