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Genetic Adaptation of Fatty-Acid Metabolism: A Human-Specific Haplotype Increasing the Biosynthesis of Long-Chain Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids

Ameur, Adam ; Enroth, Stefan ; Johansson, Åsa ; Zaboli, Ghazal ; Igl, Wilmar ; Johansson, Anna C.V. ; Rivas, Manuel A. ; Daly, Mark J. ; Schmitz, Gerd ; Hicks, Andrew A. ; Meitinger, Thomas ; Feuk, Lars ; van Duijn, Cornelia ; Oostra, Ben ; Pramstaller, Peter P. ; Rudan, Igor ; Wright, Alan F. ; Wilson, James F. ; Campbell, Harry ; Gyllensten, Ulf



Abstract

Omega-3 and omega-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are essential for the development and function of the human brain. They can be obtained directly from food, e.g., fish, or synthesized from precursor molecules found in vegetable oils. To determine the importance of genetic variability to fatty-acid biosynthesis, we studied FADS1 and FADS2, which encode rate-limiting enzymes ...

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