MpFAE3, a β-ketoacyl-coA synthase gene in the liverwort marchantía polymorpha L., is preferentially involved in elongation of palmitic acid to stearic acid

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1667-1674

  Kajikawa, Masataka ^a   Yamato, Katsuyuki T ^a   Kanamaru, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakuradani, Eiji ^a   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a   Fukuzawa, Hideya ^a   Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Ohyama, Kanji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishikawa Agricultural College   (Japan)

Author keywords

B ketoacyl CoA synthase (KCS); Bryophyte; Fatty acid chain elongation; Heterologous expression; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIVERWORT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; HEPATOPHYTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALMITIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEARIC ACIDS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; PROKARYOTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 2442466138     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1667     Document Type: Article

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