1.
Biochem Soc Trans
; 30(Pt 6): 1043-6, 2002 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12440968
ABSTRACT
Control analysis is a powerful method to quantify the regulation of metabolic pathways. We have applied it to lipid biosynthesis for the first time by using model tissue culture systems from the important oil crops, olive ( Olea europaea L.) and oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). By the use of top-down control analysis, fatty acid biosynthesis has been shown to exert more control than lipid assembly under different experimental conditions. However, both parts of the lipid biosynthetic pathway are important, so that attempts to alter oil yield by manipulating the activity of a single enzyme step are very unlikely to produce significant increases.
Subject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Lipids/biosynthesis , Biochemistry/methods , Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism , Fatty Acids/metabolism , Lipid Metabolism , Temperature
2.
Prog Lipid Res
; 39(2): 151-80, 2000 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10775763
Subject(s)
Fruit/metabolism , Lipid Metabolism , Plant Oils/metabolism , Environment , Fatty Acids/biosynthesis , Humans , Lipoxygenase/physiology , Olive Oil
3.
Biochem Soc Trans
; 27(2): 285-9, 1999 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10093749
4.
Biochem Soc Trans
; 26(2): S151, 1998 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9649826