Metabolic engineering of hydroxy fatty acid production in plants: RcDGAT2 drives dramatic increases in ricinoleate levels in seed oil

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 819-831

  Burgal, Julie ^a   Shockey, Jay ^a,d   Lu, Chaofu ^a,e   Dyer, John ^b   Larson, Tony ^c   Graham, Ian ^c   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Diacylglycerol; Kennedy pathway; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; CASTOR OIL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; RICINOLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CASTOR BEAN; CASTOR OIL; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RICINOLEIC ACIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ARABIDOPSIS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 50849094188     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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