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Fatty Acid Desaturases

"Fatty Acid Desaturases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A family of enzymes that catalyze the stereoselective, regioselective, or chemoselective syn-dehydrogenation reactions. They function by a mechanism that is linked directly to reduction of molecular OXYGEN.


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Bar chart showing 18 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2017
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