Identification of a pair of phospholipid: Diacylglycerol acyltransferases from developing flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seed catalyzing the selective production of trilinolenin

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 24173-24188

  Pan, Xue ^a   Siloto, Rodrigo M P ^a   Wickramarathna, Aruna D ^a   Mietkiewska, Elzbieta ^a   Weselake, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASES; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; SELECTIVE PRODUCTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

GLYCEROL; LINEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YARN;

FLAX;

ACYL COENZYME A; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LINOLENIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRILINOLENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DGAT1 GENE; DGAT2 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; LINSEED; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PDAT GENE; PDAT1 GENE; PDAT2 GENE; PDAT3 GENE; PDAT4 GENE; PDAT5 GENE; PDAT6 GENE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

Α-LINOLENIC ACID; FLAX; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHOLIPID:DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOCATALYSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTERS; FLAX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84882315826     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.475699     Document Type: Article

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