Article
Biosynthesis of linolenate in developing embryos and cell-free preparations of high-linolenate linseed (Linum usitatissimum) and low-linolenate mutants.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 May 1992
Stymne S, Tonnet M L, Green A G
Abstract excerpt
Biosynthesis of alpha-linolenate was investigated in developing embryos of the high-linolenic (45%) linseed cv. Glenelg, two mutant lines (M1589 and M1722) having reduced linolenic acid content (30%), and a very low linolenic (2%) genotype (Zero) obtained by recombination of the M1589 and M1722 mutations. Glenelg embryos showed an exponential rate of linolenate synthesis that paralleled their exponential pattern...
Topics
- Fatty Acid Desaturases
- Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
- Kinetics
- Linolenic Acids
- Mutation
- Plants
- Seeds
- Species Specificity