Fatty Acid Metabolism

TL;DR: Total fatty acid and linolenic acid content were higher both, in wounded and intact leaves of plants exposed to low temperature, and PoleFAD8 was up-regulated by cold stress but not by wounding.

TL;DR: Although pinoxaden is sometimes able to control FOP-resistant populations, it should not be considered as a sustainable ACCase resistance management tool, and almost all the ACCase mutations selected in the field by other ACCase inhibitors are likely to confer resistance toPinoxaden.

TL;DR: Investigation of cytosolic proteins from three plants revealed striking homologies and conserved domains which are probably involved in their function as LTPs, which could play a major role in membrane biogenesis.

TL;DR: Reconstitution experiments with the highly purified nonassociated enzymes in fatty acids synthesis plus synthases I and II clearly demonstrate the roles of these two proteins in fatty acid synthesis.

TL;DR: During the formation of rape-seeds, lipid accumulated in the cotyledons from 16 days after pollination, rising to a plateau after 28 days, preceded by a marked rise in acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity, which declined rapidly, correlating with the decline in rate of lipid formation.

TL;DR: There was a diurnal fluctuation in the proportions of C18 unsaturated fatty acids in the lipids of developing spinach leaves, where an increase in the concentration of oleate during the day and a subsequent decline at night was observed, consistent with suggestions that this lipid is the substrate for the leaf microsomal Oleate desaturase and an intermediate in leaf glycerolipid biosynthesis.