Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature

In higher plants, ω-3 fatty acid desaturases are the key enzymes in the biosynthesis of alpha-linolenic acid (18:3), which plays key roles in plant metabolism as a structural component of both storage and membrane lipids. Here, the first ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene was identified and characterize...

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Autores principales: Chen, Lizhi, Wang, Lei, Wang, Herong, Sun, Ruhao, You, Lili, Zheng, Yusheng, Yuan, Yijun, Li, Dongdong
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29698515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196693
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author Chen, Lizhi
Wang, Lei
Wang, Herong
Sun, Ruhao
You, Lili
Zheng, Yusheng
Yuan, Yijun
Li, Dongdong
author_facet Chen, Lizhi
Wang, Lei
Wang, Herong
Sun, Ruhao
You, Lili
Zheng, Yusheng
Yuan, Yijun
Li, Dongdong
author_sort Chen, Lizhi
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description In higher plants, ω-3 fatty acid desaturases are the key enzymes in the biosynthesis of alpha-linolenic acid (18:3), which plays key roles in plant metabolism as a structural component of both storage and membrane lipids. Here, the first ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene was identified and characterized from oil palm. The bioinformatic analysis indicated it encodes a temperature-sensitive chloroplast ω-3 fatty acid desaturase, designated as EgFAD8. The expression analysis revealed that EgFAD8 is highly expressed in the oil palm leaves, when compared with the expression in the mesocarp. The heterologous expression of EgFAD8 in yeast resulted in the production of a novel fatty acid 18:3 (about 0.27%), when fed with 18:2 in the induction culture. Furthermore, to detect whether EgFAD8 could be induced by the environment stress, we detected the expression efficiency of the EgFAD8 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis treated with low temperature and darkness, respectively. The results indicated that the promoter of EgFAD8 gene could be significantly induced by low temperature and slightly induced by darkness. These results reveal the function of EgFAD8 and the feature of its promoter from oil palm fruits, which will be useful for understanding the fuction and regulation of plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturases in higher plants.
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spelling pubmed-59196392018-05-11 Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature Chen, Lizhi Wang, Lei Wang, Herong Sun, Ruhao You, Lili Zheng, Yusheng Yuan, Yijun Li, Dongdong PLoS One Research Article In higher plants, ω-3 fatty acid desaturases are the key enzymes in the biosynthesis of alpha-linolenic acid (18:3), which plays key roles in plant metabolism as a structural component of both storage and membrane lipids. Here, the first ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene was identified and characterized from oil palm. The bioinformatic analysis indicated it encodes a temperature-sensitive chloroplast ω-3 fatty acid desaturase, designated as EgFAD8. The expression analysis revealed that EgFAD8 is highly expressed in the oil palm leaves, when compared with the expression in the mesocarp. The heterologous expression of EgFAD8 in yeast resulted in the production of a novel fatty acid 18:3 (about 0.27%), when fed with 18:2 in the induction culture. Furthermore, to detect whether EgFAD8 could be induced by the environment stress, we detected the expression efficiency of the EgFAD8 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis treated with low temperature and darkness, respectively. The results indicated that the promoter of EgFAD8 gene could be significantly induced by low temperature and slightly induced by darkness. These results reveal the function of EgFAD8 and the feature of its promoter from oil palm fruits, which will be useful for understanding the fuction and regulation of plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturases in higher plants. Public Library of Science 2018-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5919639/ /pubmed/29698515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196693 Text en © 2018 Chen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chen, Lizhi
Wang, Lei
Wang, Herong
Sun, Ruhao
You, Lili
Zheng, Yusheng
Yuan, Yijun
Li, Dongdong
Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title_full Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title_fullStr Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title_full_unstemmed Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title_short Identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase EgFAD8 from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
title_sort identification and characterization of a plastidial ω-3 fatty acid desaturase egfad8 from oil palm (elaeis guineensis jacq.) and its promoter response to light and low temperature
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29698515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196693
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