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Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) Δ6 fatty acid desaturase gene family: cloning, characterization, and engineered GLA and SDA production in a staple oil crop
2017-06-01
Abstract excerpt
γ-Linolenic acid (GLA), stearidonic acid (SDA), and other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play important roles in human health, and Δ6 fatty acid desaturase (D6D) is a key enzyme for PUFA biosynthesis. Oenothera biennis is a traditional GLA-producing oil crop. Here we report the cloning, characterization, and metabolic engineering of its D6D gene family. The intronless 1922-bp ObD6D1 and 1752-bp ObD6D2 both ha...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1e047230-6da3-51dd-84da-85c163ff079f
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11032-017-0682-0
