A welcome diversion from photorespiration
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The diversion method discovered by Kebeish and his associates from photorespiration in Arabidopsis thaliana is described. The diversionary method takes advantage of a fundamental difference between bacterial and plant enzymes capable of glycolate catabolism and shows that photorespiratory losses in Arabidopsis thaliana can be augmented by introducing a bacterial pathway for the catabolism of the photorespiratory substrate, glycolate into chloroplasts.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2007
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Production of very long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in plants
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The production of two very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in substantial quantities in a higher plant is described. This is achieved using genes encoding enzymes in the omega 3/6 delta(super n8)-desaturation biosynthetic pathways for the formation of C2O polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2004
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