Heterologous reconstitution in yeast of the polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway

AUTOR(ES)

Beaudoin, Frédéric

FONTE

National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

A Caenorhabditis elegans ORF encoding the presumptive condensing enzyme activity of a fatty acid elongase has been characterized functionally by heterologous expression in yeast. This ORF (F56H11.4) shows low similarity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes involved in fatty acid elongation. The substrate specificity of the C. elegans enzyme indicated a preference for Δ6-desaturated C18 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Coexpression of this activity with fatty acid desaturases required for the synthesis of C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids resulted in the accumulation of arachidonic acid from linoleic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid from α-linolenic acid. These results demonstrate the reconstitution of the n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathways. The C. elegans ORF is likely to interact with endogenous components of a yeast elongation system, with the heterologous nematode condensing enzyme F56H11.4 causing a redirection of enzymatic activity toward polyunsaturated C18 fatty acid substrates.

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