Claim · model-written summary
Fatty acid oxidases and desaturases are down-regulated in bayberry knobs relative to the compared tissues.
- Taxon
- Myrica pensylvanica
Morella pensylvanicae0 - Outcome
- fatty acid oxidases and desaturasese3
- Direction
- down-regulatione3
- Comparator
- Bayberry leavese2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) fruits”
e2“Comparison of transcript expression to genetically related tissues (Bayberry leaves, M. rubra fruits), cutin-rich tomato and cherry fruit epidermis, and to oil-rich mesocarp and seeds, revealed exceptionally high expression of 13 transcripts for acyl-lipid metabolism”
e3“together with down-regulation of fatty acid oxidases and desaturases”
Title
Jeffrey P. Simpson; Nicholas A. Thrower; John B. Ohlrogge Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2016
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Bayberry knob fruit tissue is fully developed before wax accumulates.
- Observation Wax is secreted to the bayberry fruit surface without cell disruption.
- Association Bayberry knobs show exceptionally high expression of 13 acyl-lipid metabolism transcripts compared with leaves and other tissues.
- Observation Predicted protein sequences of the most highly expressed lipid-related transcripts in bayberry knobs are 100% identical to those in bayberry leaves.
- Mechanism Triacylglycerol biosynthesis and secretion in bayberry is achieved by both up and down-regulation of a small subset of cutin and saturated fatty acid genes.
- Mechanism Modifications in gene expression, rather than new gene functions, were the major mechanism by which bayberry evolved its specialized lipid metabolism.