title: Acyl-Trafficking During Plant Oil Accumulation.
abstract: Vegetable oils are an extremely important agricultural commodity. Their use has risen inexorably for the last 50 years and will undoubtedly be even more prevalent in the future. They have a role not only in foodstuffs but also as renewable chemicals. However, our understanding of their metabolism, and particularly its control, is incomplete. In this article we highlight current knowledge and its deficiencies. In particular, we focus on the important role that phosphatidylcholine plays in lipid accumulation and in influencing the quality of the vegetable oils produced.
authors.affiliation: Alberta Innovates Phytola Centre, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada.|Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Rd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada.
authors.forename: Guanqun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Helen K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Woodfield
authors.affiliation: Alberta Innovates Phytola Centre, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, Wales, UK. harwood@cardiff.ac.uk.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Harwood
authors.affiliation: Alberta Innovates Phytola Centre, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2P5, Canada. randall.weselake@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Randall J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Weselake
mesh_terms: D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010938:Plant Oils; D014280:Triglycerides
keywords: Kennedy pathway; Metabolic control; Oil crops; Phosphatidylcholine; Triacylglycerol biosynthesis