Divergent evolution of the alcohol‐forming pathway of wax biosynthesis among bryophytes
Alisa Keyl,
Cornelia Herrfurth,
Garima Pandey
et al.
Abstract:Summary
The plant cuticle is a hydrophobic barrier, which seals the epidermal surface of most aboveground organs. While the cuticle biosynthesis of angiosperms has been intensively studied, knowledge about its existence and composition in nonvascular plants is scarce.
Here, we identified and characterized homologs of Arabidopsis thaliana fatty acyl‐CoA reductase (FAR) ECERIFERUM 4 (AtCER4) and bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl‐CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (AtWSD1) in the liverwort Marchantia polymor… Show more
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