AtDGAT2 is a functional acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol acyltransferase and displays different acyl-CoA substrate preferences than AtDGAT1

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2371-2376

  Zhou, Xue Rong ^a   Shrestha, Pushkar ^a   Yin, Fang ^a,b   Petrie, James R ^a   Singh, Surinder P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; DGAT2; Leaf fatty acid; Nicotiana benthamiana infiltration; Oil increase; TAG

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; ATDGAT1 GENE; ATDGAT2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DGAT2; LEAF FATTY ACID; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA INFILTRATION; OIL INCREASE; TAG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 84880700197     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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