Heterologous expression of flax PHOSPHOLIPID: DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE (PDCT) increases polyunsaturated fatty acid content in yeast and Arabidopsis seeds

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AtROD1; a linolenic acid; Linum usitatissimum; Phosphatidylcholine diacyglycerol interconversion; PUFA; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FLAX; GENES; GLYCEROL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LINEN; LIPIDS; OILS AND FATS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YARN; YEAST;

ATROD1; INTERCONVERSIONS; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PUFA;

OILSEEDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; ROD1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAD2 GENE; FAD3 GENE; FAT CONTENT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLAX; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PDCT1 GENE; PDCT2 GENE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROD1 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TIME FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FLAX; MICROSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 84934755666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-015-0156-6     Document Type: Article

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