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Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Redirected to Medium Chains in Transgenic Oilseed Plants
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Medium-chain fatty acids (FAs), found in storage lipids of certain plants, are an important renewable resource. Seeds of undomesticated California bay accumulate laurate (12:0), and a 12:0-acyl-carrier protein thioesterase (BTE) has been purified from this tissue. Sequencing of BTE enabled the cloning of a complementary DNA coding for a plastid-targeted preprotein. Expression of the complementary DNA in the seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana resulted in BTE activity, and medium chains accumulated at the expense of long-chain (≥16) FAs. Laurate became the most abundant FA species and was deposited in the storage triacylglycerols. These results demonstrate a mechanism for medium-chain FA synthesis in plants.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Voelker, T. A., Worrell, A. C., Anderson, L., Bleibaum, J., Fan, C., Hawkins, D. J., Radke, S. E., & Davies, H. M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1992-07-03
- Volume
- 257
- Issue
- 5066
- Pages
- 72-74
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2093160969
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- 428
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 17.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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