A Novel Fatty Acyl-CoA Elongase Gene Enables Heterologous Biosynthesis of Sex Pheromone of the Rice Leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) (PRJCA050327)
Elongase plays a crucial role in various metabolic activities. Elongation activities have been confirmed to be predominant in the sex pheromone biosynthesis of many Lepidopteran species. However, to date, such fatty acyl elongase gene has not been functionally characterized.In the present study, we conducted transcriptomes sequencing and analysis of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis pheromone glands and identified several fatty acyl desaurase and elongase candidate genes. Then we functionally characterized these genes by heterologous expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. Our study provides a molecular basis for future research of moth elongase functions.