... Covello11Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;2Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe mechanism by which the fatty acid (1,4)-desaturase of Calendula ... Mechanism of 1,4-dehydrogenation catalyzed by a fatty acid (1,4)-desaturase of Calendula of cinalisDarwin W. Reed1, Christopher K. Savile2, Xiao Qiu1, Peter H. Buist2and Patrick ... deuterium labelling; Calendula. The D12-oleate desaturase (FAD2) family of enzymes aremembrane-bound nonheme iron-containing proteins thatcarry out a fascinating array of related oxidative transfor-mations...