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The polyketide synthase OsPKS2 is essential for pollen exine and Ubisch body patterning in rice.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Sept 2017
Zhu Xiaolei, Yu Jing, Shi Jianxin, Tohge Takayuki, Fernie Alisdair R, Meir Sagit, Aharoni Asaph, Xu Dawei, Zhang Dabing, Liang Wanqi
Abstract excerpt
Lipid and phenolic metabolism are important for pollen exine formation. In Arabidopsis, polyketide synthases (PKSs) are essential for both sporopollenin biosynthesis and exine formation. Here, we characterized the role of a polyketide synthase (OsPKS2) in male reproduction of rice (Oryza sativa). Recombinant OsPKS2 catalyzed the condensation of fatty acyl-CoA with malonyl-CoA to generate triketide and tetraketide...
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