title: Modulation of fatty acid biosynthesis by antisense beta-keto reductase expression.
abstract: Plants with an antisense construct to beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase have reduced seed and leaf fatty acid contents and show distinct phenotypes, including leaf curl, stunted growth and wrinkled seeds. The carbon resource allocation is altered in both of these tissues. In leaves there is an inability to synthesize transient starch and in seeds embryogenesis is foreshortened and storage proteins accumulate prematurely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'hara
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Slabas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fawcett
mesh_terms: D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense / Q000235:genetics*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D012639:Seeds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007527:Isoenzymes; D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; C078182:beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase I; D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase