Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 115, Issue 11, Pages 1239-1246Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201300257
Keywords
Metabolic control analysis; Oil crops; Regulation of oil accumulation; TAG synthesis
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- BBSRC
- DuPont
- Malaysian Palm Oil Board in connection with the metabolic control studies in the JLH laboratory
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions
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Plant oils are a very valuable agricultural commodity. They are currently mainly used (>80%) for food and animal feed but, increasingly, they have utility as renewable sources of industrial feedstocks or biofuel. Because of finite agricultural land, the best way to increase availability (in order to match demand) is by improving productivity. To do this requires a knowledge of metabolism and its regulation. Various methods have been used to provide information but only systems biology can yield quantitative data about complete metabolic pathways. We have used metabolic control analysis to provide information about major oil crops such as oilseed rape, oil palm, olive, and soybean. Such knowledge has then been used to inform genetic manipulation for crop improvement.
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