A Mutant of Arabidopsis Deficient in the Elongation of Palmitic Acid.
AUTOR(ES)
Wu, J.
RESUMO
The overall fatty acid composition of leaf lipids in a mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana was characterized by an increased level of 16:0 and a concomitant decrease of 18-carbon fatty acids as a consequence of a single recessive nuclear mutation at the fab1 locus. Quantitative analysis of the fatty acid composition of individual lipids established that lipids synthesized by both the prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathways were affected by the mutation. Direct enzyme assays demonstrated that the mutant plants were deficient in the activity of 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II; therefore, it is inferred that fab1 may encode this enzyme. Labeling experiments with [14C]acetate and lipase positional analysis indicated that the mutation results in a small shift in the partitioning of lipid synthesis between the prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathways. Synthesis of chloroplast lipids by the prokaryotic pathway was increased with a corresponding reduction in the eukaryotic pathway.
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