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. 1992;1(4):223–233. doi: 10.1155/S0962935192000346

Molecular evolution of enzymes involved in the arachidonic acid cascade

Hiroyuki Toh 1,✉, Yoshihiro Urade 2, Tadashi Tanabe 3
PMCID: PMC2365353  PMID: 18475465

Abstract

The metabolic pathway called the arachidonic acid cascade produces a wide range of eicosanoids, such as prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes with potent biological activities. Recombinant DNA techniques have made it possible to determine the nucleotide sequences of cDNAs and/or genomic structures for the enzymes involved in the pathway. Sequence comparison analyses of the accumulated sequence data have brought great insights into the structure, function and molecular evolution of the enzymes. This paper reviews the sequence comparison analyses of the enzymes involved in the arachidonic acid cascade.

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