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MeSH Heading: Fatty Acid Desaturases
Tree Number(s): D08.811.682.690.708.392
Unique ID: D044943
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044943
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Acyl CoA Desaturase; Acyl CoA Desaturases; Enoyl CoA Reductase; Enoyl CoA Reductases; Fatty Acid Desaturase; Fatty Acid Desaturating Enzymes
Previous Indexing: Fatty Acid Desaturases (1974-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
- Enzymes [D08.811]
  - Oxidoreductases [D08.811.682]
    - Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690]
      - Mixed Function Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690.708]
        
        Benzoate 4-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.062]
        
        Catechol Oxidase [D08.811.682.690.708.125]
        
        Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System [D08.811.682.690.708.170]
        
        Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.292]
        
        Fatty Acid Desaturases [D08.811.682.690.708.392]
        
        beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.392.312]
        
        Delta-5 Fatty Acid Desaturase [D08.811.682.690.708.392.390]
        
        Linoleoyl-CoA Desaturase [D08.811.682.690.708.392.468]
        
        Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase [D08.811.682.690.708.392.625]
        
        gamma-Butyrobetaine Dioxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.401]
        
        Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) [D08.811.682.690.708.410]
        
        4-Hydroxybenzoate-3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.425]
        
        Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.557]
        
        Phenylalanine Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.601]
        
        Procollagen-Lysine, 2-Oxoglutarate 5-Dioxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.660]
        
        Prolyl Hydroxylases [D08.811.682.690.708.694]
        
        Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases [D08.811.682.690.708.715]
        
        Squalene Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.749]
        
        Trans-Cinnamate 4-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.826]
        
        Tryptophan Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.870]
        
        Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.923]
        
        Vitamin K Epoxide Reductases [D08.811.682.690.708.961]

Fatty Acid Desaturases Preferred

Acyl CoA Desaturases Narrower

Concept UI: M0446719
Terms: Acyl CoA Desaturases Preferred Term
Term UI T016008
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Acyl CoA Desaturase
Term UI T001004680
Date01/06/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Enoyl CoA Reductases
Term UI T016009
Date05/20/1977
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Enoyl CoA Reductase
Term UI T001004681
Date01/06/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Fatty Acid Desaturases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025