NONMETHYLENE-INTERRUPTED FATTY-ACIDS OF HYDROCARBON SEEP MUSSELS - OCCURRENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE Academic Article

abstract

• 1. 1. Characterization of fatty acid composition of hydrocarbon seep mussels reveals that the mussels contained a striking diversity of nonmethylene-interrupted dienoic (NMID) and trienoic (NMIT) fatty acids. 2. 2. The concentrations of the NMI acids are unusually high, accounting for 12.2-17.7% of the total fatty acids. 3. 3. The NMI acids are primarily 7 and 9 series, and the position of double bonds of the NMI acids are primarily at or near the center of the fatty acyl chains. 4. 4. The biosynthesis of NMI acids and their physiological significance are discussed. 1993.

authors

• Wade, Terry

published proceedings

• COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• FANG, J. S., COMET, P. A., BROOKS, J. M., & WADE, T. L.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• FANG, JS||COMET, PA||BROOKS, JM||WADE, TL

publication date

• February 1993

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  Journal

keywords

• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3107 Microbiology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90370-K

start page

• 287

end page

• 291

volume

• 104

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491(93)90370-k