Title : Increased response of liver microsomal delta 6-desaturase activity to dietary methionine in rats.

Pub. Date : 2003 Apr

PMID : 12784613






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1 The results obtained here, together with those in our previous report, suggest that quantity and type of dietary protein might affect the delta 6-desaturase activity through an alteration of the liver microsomal profile of phospholipids, especially PE, and that the alteration of phospholipid profile might be mediated by a hepatic SAM concentration that reflects the dietary methionine level. phosphatidylethanolamine fatty acid desaturase 2 Rattus norvegicus