Biosynthesis of the novel fatty acid, 17-methyl-cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid, by the parasitic protozoan, Herpetomonas megaseliae.
Herpetomonas megaseliae, a flagellate protozoan parasite of the gut of a dipteran, Megaselia scalaris, is shown by chromatographic, spectrometric and radiotracer methods to synthesize de novo an iso-branched chain cyclopropane fatty acid, 17-methyl-cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid.
D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D008745:Methylation; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D014633:Valine / Q000378:metabolism
D013229:Stearic Acids; C039704:17-methyl-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid; D008715:Methionine; D014633:Valine