Production of wax esters in plant seed oils by oleosomal cotargeting of biosynthetic enzymes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2153-2161

  Heilmann, Mareike ^a   Iven, Tim ^a   Ahmann, Katharina ^a   Hornung, Ellen ^a   Stymne, Sten ^b   Feussner, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatty acyl coA reductase; Fatty alcohol; Mus musculus; Wax ester; Wax synthase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; FATTY ALCOHOL; OLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID OLEYL ESTER; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; WAX; WAX ESTER; WAX SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTERIFICATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YEAST;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOSOL; ESTERS; MICE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WAXES;

EID: 84866144980     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M029512     Document Type: Article

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