Turning sugar into oil - making photosynthesis blind to feedback inhibition

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Paul, M. J. and Eastmond, P. J. 2020. Turning sugar into oil - making photosynthesis blind to feedback inhibition. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71 (7), pp. 2216-2218. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz504

AuthorsPaul, M. J. and Eastmond, P. J.
Abstract

Since the advent of metabolic engineering 30 years ago it has been a goal to modify crops to accumulate alternative higher value products and/or to increase yield. Direct targeting of metabolic enzymes has been difficult because of strong endogenous regulatory mechanisms that can confound such changes, either impeding the metabolic alteration or producing a growth and yield penalty. Beechey-Gradwell et al. (2020) show that in Lolium perenne, an important temperate pasture and forage grass, introduction of two genes involved in lipid synthesis and storage results in significant accumulation of oil and increases photosynthesis and growth, elevating calorific value and overall yield.

KeywordsAssimilate partitioning ; Growth and development; Lipid; Lolium perenne; Metabolic engineering; Photosynthesis; Triacylglycerol
Year of Publication2020
JournalJournal of Experimental Botany
Journal citation71 (7), pp. 2216-2218
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz504
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeAbiotic stress & metabolism
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online06 Apr 2020
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP)
ISSN0022-0957

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