tropaeolum speciosum/triacylglycerol

Developing seeds from Brassica oleracea (L.) var botrytis cv Sesam were examined for the ability to biosynthesize and incorporate erucic acid into triacylglycerols (TAGs). Seed embryos at mid-development contained a high concentration of erucic acid in diacylglycerols and TAGs, and substantial

Triacylglycerols of both Tropaeolum majus L. and Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. are predominantly esterified with very long-chain acyl groups at each position of the glycerol backbone. In order to elucidate whether these acyl groups are directly chanelled into the triacylglycerols via the stepwise

The storage triacylglycerols of nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) seeds are composed principally of cis-11-eicosenoate and cis-13-docosenoate. To investigate the biosynthesis of these C(20) and C(22) fatty acids, developing seed tissue was incubated with various (14)C-labeled precursors. Incubation with

Lysophosphatidate (LPA) acyltransferase (EC 2.3. 1.51) in the microsomes from the maturing seeds of meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba), nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), palm (Syagrus cocoides), castor bean (Ricinus communis), soybean (Glycine max), maize (Zea mays), and rapeseed (Brassica napus) were tested

CONCLUSIONS A full-length cDNA encoding a putative diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1, EC 2.3.1.20) was obtained from Tropaeolum majus (garden nasturtium). The 1557-bp open reading frame of this cDNA, designated TmDGAT1, encodes a protein of 518 amino acids showing high homology to other plant

Transcriptome analysis based on deep expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing allows quantitative comparisons of gene expression across multiple species. Using pyrosequencing, we generated over 7 million ESTs from four stages of developing seeds of Ricinus communis, Brassica napus, Euonymus alatus