Delta12-fatty-acid desaturase

Delta12-fatty-acid desaturase (, "Delta12 fatty acid desaturase", "Delta12(omega6)-desaturase", "oleoyl-CoA Delta12 desaturase", "Delta12 desaturase", "Delta12-desaturase") is an enzyme with systematic name "acyl-CoA,hydrogen donor:oxygen Delta12-oxidoreductase". This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
In the yeast "Lipomyces starkeyi" and in the American cockroach, this microsomal enzyme converts oleoyl-CoA into linoleoyl-CoA.