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Kaur, H., Wang, L., Stawniak, N., Sloan, R., Van-Erp, H., Eastmond, P. J. and Bancroft, I. 2019. The impact of reducing fatty acid desaturation on the composition and thermal stability of rapeseed oil . Plant Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13263
Authors | Kaur, H., Wang, L., Stawniak, N., Sloan, R., Van-Erp, H., Eastmond, P. J. and Bancroft, I. |
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Abstract | Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is the third largest source of vegetable oil globally. In addition to food uses, there are industrial applications that exploit the ability of the species to accumulate the very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) erucic acid in its seed oil, controlled by orthologues of FATTY ACID ELONGASE 1 (Bna.FAE1.A8 and Bna.FAE1.C3). The proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in rapeseed oil is predicted to affect its thermal stability and is controlled by orthologues of FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2, particularly Bna.FAD2.C5. Our aim was to develop rapeseed lines combining high erucic and low PUFA characters and to assess the impact on thermal stability of the oil they produce. The new type of rapeseed oil (high erucic low polyunsaturate; HELP) contained a substantially greater proportion of erucic acid (54%) compared with high erucic rapeseed oil (46%). Although the total VLCFA content was greater in oil from HELP lines (64%) than from high erucic rapeseed (57%), analysis of triacylglycerol composition showed negligible incorporation of VLCFAs into the sn-2 position. Rancimat analysis showed that the thermal stability of rapeseed oil was improved greatly as a consequence of reduction of PUFA content, from 3.8 and 4.2 h in conventional low erucic and high erucic rapeseed oils, respectively, to 11.3 and 16.4 h in high oleic low PUFA (HOLP) and HELP oils, respectively. Our results demonstrate that engineering of the lipid biosynthetic pathway of rapeseed, using traditional approaches, enables the production of renewable industrial oils with novel composition and properties. |
Keywords | Brassica napus; Rapeseed; Oilseed rape; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Thermal stability; Erucic acid |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Journal | Plant Biotechnology Journal |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13263 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Funder project or code | BB/M028534/1 |
Tailoring Plant Metabolism (TPM) - Work package 1 (WP1) - High value lipids for health and industry | |
Tailoring Plant Metabolism (TPM) - Work package 2 (WP2) - Designer Willows: high value phenolic glycosides for health and industry | |
Publisher's version | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 25 Sep 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 17 Sep 2019 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1467-7644 |
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