Product Description: Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLCPUFA) are present in retina, sperm, and brain. Though little is known of their biosynthesis or functional roles in these tissues, recent studies using the elongation of very long-chain FA-4 protein suggest a unique role for VLCPUFA in retinal development and macular degeneration. Dotriaconta-14,17,20,23,26,29-hexaenoic acid is a C32:6 VLCPUFA whose specific biological actions are largely unknown, but are thought to involve normal photoreceptor cell function in the retina.
Applications: Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism
Formula: C32H52O2
References: [1]Robinson, et al. Novel molecular species of spingomyelin containing 2-hydroxylated polyenoic very-long-chain fatty acids in mammalian testes and spermatozoa. J. Biol. Chem. 267(3), 1746-1751 (1992).
CAS Number: 105517-82-6
Molecular Weight: 468.75
Research Area: Metabolic Disease
Target: Endogenous Metabolite
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