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Arabidopsis CER8 encodes LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE 1 (LACS1) that has overlapping functions with LACS2 in plant wax and cutin synthesis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2009
Lü Shiyou, Song Tao, Kosma Dylan K, Parsons Eugene P, Rowland Owen, Jenks Matthew A
Abstract excerpt
Plant cuticle is an extracellular lipid-based matrix of cutin and waxes, which covers aerial organs and protects them from many forms of environmental stress. We report here the characterization of CER8/LACS1, one of nine Arabidopsis long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases thought to activate acyl chains. Mutations in LACS1 reduced the amount of wax in all chemical classes on the stem and leaf, except in the very...
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