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Generation of camelina mid-oleic acid seed oil by identification and stacking of fatty acid biosynthetic mutants

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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 159, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113074

Keywords

Camelina sativa; Genetic improvement; Vegetable oil; Biofuels

Funding

  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, OBER(DOE-BER) [SC0012459]
  2. National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program [1444612, 1339385]
  3. National Science Foundation [1560163]
  4. Direct For Biological Sciences
  5. Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [1444612] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  6. Direct For Biological Sciences
  7. Div Of Biological Infrastructure [1560163] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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Research identified mutations in key genes related to fatty acid synthesis in camelina, leading to alterations in fatty acid composition. By analyzing the enzyme function of these mutant alleles in yeast, the study demonstrated the impact of FAE1, FAD2, and FAD3 mutations. Crossing mutant lines produced mid-oleic oils with improved oxidative stability for biofuel applications.
Modifying oilseeds to obtain a desired fatty acid composition is often necessary to enable use as feedstocks for specific applications such as food processing, biofuels, or biolubricants. A mutant population of camelina (Camelina sativa), an emerging specialty oilseed crop, was screened by high-throughput gas chromatography for lines with altered seed oil fatty acid composition. By leveraging knowledge of fatty acid synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, mutations in orthologs of FATTY ACID ELONGASE1 (FAE1), FATTY ACID DESATURASE2 (FAD2), FATTY ACID DESATURASE3 (FAD3), and beta-KETO-ACYL-ACP SYNTHASE II (KASII; FAB1) were identified. The mutations altered conserved amino acid residues in the encoded proteins. The ability of the mutations in FAE1, FAD2 and FAD3 to affect enzyme function was demonstrated by comparing in vivo activities of wild-type and mutant alleles in yeast. In addition, expression of wild-type cDNA in camelina complemented fatty acid phenotypes of these mutants. As camelina has a hexaploid genome, the effect of a mutation in one of the three homeologs for each gene resulted in no or less severe growth phenotypes compared to similar mutations in Arabidopsis. Mid-oleic oils with nearly 40 % oleic acid and reduced very long-chain (<= C20) fatty acid content were obtained by crossing to obtain a fae1c/fad2a/fae1a/fad3a quadruple mutant. Little effect on total seed oil content was observed in the stacked mutant line. The resulting mid-oleic acid oil had improved oxidative stability due to reductions in polyunsaturated fatty acid content, increasing its utility for biofuels and other applications.

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