Oil Seed Rape Acyl Carrier Protein (ACP) Protein and Gene Structure

Fatty Acid Metabolism

“…One of the fr actions was stable to heat and acid treatment, was destroyed by proteinases, and could substitute for and be substituted by E. coli ACP in reconstituted fatty acid synthesizing systems. Complete sequences have recently been obtained for ACPs from barley (73), spinach (88), and oilseed rape (180). Like the E. coli ACP, those from plants have a preponderance of acidic amino acyl residues, which accounts for their easy purification on anionic columns.…”

Molecular approaches to improving the nutritional and functional properties of plant seeds as food sources: developments and comments

“…Since acyl carrier protein (ACP) plays a central role in plant lipid metabolism and is well characterized, one approach is to study its protein and gene structure, which may reveal control mechanisms that regulate fatty acid biosynthe-sis in plants (Ohlrogge et al, 1987;Slabas et al, 1987;Guerra et al, 1987;Elhussein et al, 1987). Another approach is suggested by the differences in fatty acid composition in seed storage lipids and those found in membrane phospholipids in other organs of plants.…”

Evidence for separate elongation enzymes for very-long-chain-fatty-acid synthesis in potato (Solanum tuberosum)

“…It seems probable that palmitate-elongation systems differ from fatty acid synthase only in their use of a C16-specific condensing enzyme (/J-oxo acyl-ACP synthase II) (Shimikata & Stumpf, 1982) and that the other enzymes involved are synonymous with those used in fatty acid synthesis de novo (cf. Slabas et al, 1984).…”