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Other publication - Peer-reviewed, 2018

Tweaking enzymes for exotic plant oils

Stymne, Sten; Ohlrogge, John

Abstract

Plants are amazing chemical factories. Within the plant kingdom, more than 450 distinct fatty acid structures have been described. Two new C-24 dihydroxy fatty acids have now been discovered that are synthesized by an unprecedented biosynthetic route termed 'discontinuous elongation'.

Published in

Nature Plants
2018, Volume: 4, number: 9, pages: 633-634
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

    SLU Authors

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Publication Identifiers

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0233-7

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/96834