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A transgene design for enhancing oil content in Arabidopsis and Camelina seeds

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Title
A transgene design for enhancing oil content in Arabidopsis and Camelina seeds
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, February 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13068-018-1049-4
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Yerong Zhu, Linan Xie, Grace Q. Chen, Mi Yeon Lee, Dominique Loque, Henrik Vibe Scheller

Abstract

Increasing the oil yield is a major objective for oilseed crop improvement. Oil biosynthesis and accumulation are influenced by multiple genes involved in embryo and seed development. Theleafy cotyledon1(LEC1) is a master regulator of embryo development that also enhances the expression of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. We speculated that seed oil could be increased by targeted overexpression of a master regulating transcription factor for oil biosynthesis, using a downstream promoter for a gene in the oil biosynthesis pathway. To verify the effect of such a combination on seed oil content, we made constructs with maize (Zea mays)ZmLEC1driven by serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL17) and acyl carrier protein (ACP5)promoters, respectively, for expression in transgenicArabidopsis thalianaandCamelina sativa. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation successfully generated Arabidopsis and Camelina lines that overexpressedZmLEC1under the control of a seed-specific promoter. This overexpression does not appear to be detrimental to seed vigor under laboratory conditions and did not cause observable abnormal growth phenotypes throughout the life cycle of the plants. Overexpression ofZmLEC1increased the oil content in mature seeds by more than 20% in Arabidopsis and 26% in Camelina. The findings suggested that the maize master regulator,ZmLEC1,driven by a downstream seed-specific promoter, can be used to increase oil production in Arabidopsis and Camelina and might be a promising target for increasing oil yield in oilseed crops.0.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 17%
Student > Master 6 14%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 13 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 43%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 21%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 2%
Unknown 14 33%
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