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The β-Ketoacyl-CoA Synthase HvKCS1, Encoded by Cer-zh, Plays a Key Role in Synthesis of Barley Leaf Wax and Germination of Barley Powdery Mildew.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Apr 2018
Li Chao, Haslam Tegan M, Krüger Anna, Schneider Lizette M, Mishina Kohei, Samuels Lacey, Yang Hongxing, Kunst Ljerka, Schaffrath Ulrich, Nawrath Christiane, Chen Guoxiong, Komatsuda Takao, von Wettstein-Knowles Penny
Abstract excerpt
The cuticle coats the primary aerial surfaces of land plants. It consists of cutin and waxes, which provide protection against desiccation, pathogens and herbivores. Acyl cuticular waxes are synthesized via elongase complexes that extend fatty acyl precursors up to 38 carbons for downstream modification pathways. The leaves of 21 barley eceriferum (cer) mutants appear to have less or no epicuticular wax crystals,...
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