A thraustochytrid diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 with broad substrate specificity strongly increases oleic acid content in engineered Arabidopsis thaliana seeds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3189-3200

  Zhang, Chunyu ^a,b   Iskandarov, Umidjon ^b   Klotz, Elliott T ^c   Stevens, Robyn L ^c   Cahoon, Rebecca E ^b   Nazarenus, Tara J ^b   Pereira, Suzette L ^d   Cahoon, Edgar B ^b,c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; diacylglycerol acyltransferase; fatty acid; oilseed; oleic acid; Thraustochytrium aureum; triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OILSEED; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM AUREUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; OILSEED; OLEIC ACID; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM AUREUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; OLEIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882424024     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert156     Document Type: Article

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