Article
A novel FAD2-1 A allele in a soybean plant introduction offers an alternate means to produce soybean seed oil with 85% oleic acid content.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2011
Pham Anh-Tung, Lee Jeong-Dong, Shannon J Grover, Bilyeu Kristin D
Abstract excerpt
The alteration of fatty acid profiles in soybean to improve soybean oil quality has been a long-time goal of soybean researchers. Soybean oil with elevated oleic acid is desirable because this monounsaturated fatty acid improves the nutrition and oxidative stability of soybean oil compared to other oils. In the lipid biosynthetic pathway, the enzyme fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2) is responsible for the conversion...
Topics
- Alleles
- Fatty Acid Desaturases
- Mutation
- Oleic Acid
- Plant Proteins
- Soybean Oil
- Glycine max
