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CYP704B1 is a long-chain fatty acid omega-hydroxylase essential for sporopollenin synthesis in pollen of Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2009
Dobritsa Anna A, Shrestha Jay, Morant Marc, Pinot Franck, Matsuno Michiyo, Swanson Robert, Møller Birger Lindberg, Preuss Daphne
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Sporopollenin is the major component of the outer pollen wall (exine). Fatty acid derivatives and phenolics are thought to be its monomeric building blocks, but the precise structure, biosynthetic route, and genetics of sporopollenin are poorly understood. Based on a phenotypic mutant screen in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we identified a cytochrome P450, designated CYP704B1, as being essential for exine...
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