Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in camelina seed oil – XH Yu, RE Cahoon, PJ Horn, H Shi, RR Prakash, Y Cai, M Hearney, KD Chapman, EB Cahoon, J Schwender, J Shanklin – Plant Biotechnology Journal 2017
Summary: Modified fatty acids (mFA) have diverse uses, e.g., cyclopropane fatty acids (CPA) are feedstocks for producing coatings, lubricants, plastics, and cosmetics. The expression of mFA-producing enzymes in crop and model plants generally results in lower levels of mFA accumulation than in their natural-occurring source plants. To further our understanding of metabolic bottlenecks that limit mFA accumulation, we generated transgenic ...
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