Plant Sciences and the Bioeconomy

TitlePlant Sciences and the Bioeconomy
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadFreddie Theodoulou
Executive AssistantSue Steele

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Oil from transgenic Camelina sativa containing over 25 % n-3 long-chain PUFA as the major lipid source in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Betancor, M. B., Li, K., Bucerzan, V. S., Sprague, M., Sayanova, O. V., Usher, S. L., Han, L., Norambuena, F., Torrissen, O., Napier, J. A., Tocher, D. R. and Olsen, R. E. 2018. Oil from transgenic Camelina sativa containing over 25 % n-3 long-chain PUFA as the major lipid source in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). British Journal Of Nutrition. 119 (12), pp. 1378-1392. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114518001125

New insights in the composition of wax and sterol esters in common and mutant sunflower oils revealed by ESI-MS/MS

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Broughton, R., Ruíz-Lopez, N., Hassall, K. L., Martínez-Force, E., Garcés, R., Salas, J. J. and Beaudoin, F. 2018. New insights in the composition of wax and sterol esters in common and mutant sunflower oils revealed by ESI-MS/MS. Food Chemistry. 269, pp. 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.06.135

Structural and functional analyses of Rubisco from arctic diatom species reveal unusual posttranslational modifications

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Valegård, K., Andralojc, P. J., Haslam, R. P., Pearce, F. G., Erikson, G. K., Madgwick P. J., Kristoffersen A. K., van Lun, M., Klein, U., Eilertsen H. C., Parry, M. A. J. and Andersson, I. 2018. Structural and functional analyses of Rubisco from arctic diatom species reveal unusual posttranslational modifications. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.003518

The stage of seed development influences iron bioavailability in pea (Pisum sativum L.)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Moore, K. L., Rodriguez-Ramiro, I., Jones, E. R., Jones, E. J., Rodriguez-Celma, J., Halsey, K., Domoney, C., Shewry, P. R., Fairweather-Tait, S. and Balk, J. 2018. The stage of seed development influences iron bioavailability in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Scientific Reports. 8 (6865). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25130-3

Effects of Organic and Conventional Crop Nutrition on Profiles of Polar Metabolites in Grain of Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shewry, P. R., Rakszegi, M., Lovegrove, A., Amos, D., Corol, D. I., Tawfike, A., Miko, P. and Ward, J. L. 2018. Effects of Organic and Conventional Crop Nutrition on Profiles of Polar Metabolites in Grain of Wheat. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 66 (21), pp. 5346-5351. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01593

Overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) enhances the biosynthesis of neutral lipids and starch in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rengel, R., Smith, R. T., Haslam, R. P., Sayanova, O. V., Vila, M. and Leon, R. 2018. Overexpression of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) enhances the biosynthesis of neutral lipids and starch in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Algal Research. 31, pp. 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.02.009

The Arabidopsis GORK K+-channel is phosphorylated by calcium-dependent protein kinase 21 (CPK21), which in turn is activated by 14-3-3 proteins

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Van Kleef, P. J. M., Gao, J., Mol, S., Zwart, N., Zhang, H., Li, K. W. and De Boer, A. H. 2018. The Arabidopsis GORK K+-channel is phosphorylated by calcium-dependent protein kinase 21 (CPK21), which in turn is activated by 14-3-3 proteins. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 125, pp. 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.02.013

Identification of Leaf Promoters for Use in Transgenic Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Alotaibi, S. S., Sparks, C. A., Parry, M. A. J., Simkin, A. J. and Raines, C. A. 2018. Identification of Leaf Promoters for Use in Transgenic Wheat. Plants - Basel. 7 (2), p. 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants7020027

Salicin-7-sulfate: A new salicinoid from willow and implications for herbal medicine

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Noleto-Dias, C., Ward, J. L., Bellisai, A., Lomax, C. and Beale, M. H. 2018. Salicin-7-sulfate: A new salicinoid from willow and implications for herbal medicine. Fitoterapia. 127 (June), pp. 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2018.02.009

Using lipidomics to reveal details of lipid accumulation in developing seeds from oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Haslam, R. P., Cazenave-Gassiot, A., Guschina, I.A., Wenk, M.R., Woodfield, H.K. and Harwood, J.L. 2018. Using lipidomics to reveal details of lipid accumulation in developing seeds from oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1863 (3), pp. 339-348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.12.010

N-terminomics reveals control of Arabidopsis seed storage proteins and proteases by the Arg/N-end rule pathway

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zhang, H., Gannon, L., Hassall, K. L., Deery, M. J., Gibbs, D. J., Holdsworth, M. J., Van der Hoorn, R. A. L., Lilley, K. S. and Theodoulou, F. L. 2018. N-terminomics reveals control of Arabidopsis seed storage proteins and proteases by the Arg/N-end rule pathway. New Phytologist. 218 (3), pp. 1106-1126. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14909

Suppression of a single BAHD gene in Setaria viridis causes large, stable decreases in cell wall feruloylation and increases biomass digestibility

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
De Souza, W. R., Martins, P. K., Freeman, J., Pellny, T. K., Michaelson, L. V., Sampaio, B. L., Vinecky, F., Ribeiro, A. P., Da Cunha, B. A. D. B., Kobayashi, A. K., De Oliveira, P. A., Campanha, R. B., Pacheco, T. F., Martarello, D. C. I., Marchiosi, R., Ferrarese-Filho, O., Dos Santos, W. D., Tramontina, R., Squina, F. M., Centeno, D. C., Gaspar, M., Braga, M. R., Tine, M. A. S., Ralph, J., Mitchell, R. A. C. and Molinari, H. B. C. 2018. Suppression of a single BAHD gene in Setaria viridis causes large, stable decreases in cell wall feruloylation and increases biomass digestibility. New Phytologist. 218 (1), pp. 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14970

Make Open Science your New Year's Resolution

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. Make Open Science your New Year's Resolution. The Biochemist. 39 (1), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03901003

We are not alone

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. We are not alone. The Biochemist. 39 (2), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03902003

Vaccination: still a challenge, always a hope

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. Vaccination: still a challenge, always a hope . The Biochemist. 39 (3), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03903003

You've never had it so good (in the lab)

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. You've never had it so good (in the lab). The Biochemist. 39 (4), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03904003

Meeting expectations

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. Meeting expectations. The Biochemist. 39 (5), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03905003

It's “Goodbye” from me and “Hello” from him

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Theodoulou, F. L. 2017. It's “Goodbye” from me and “Hello” from him . The Biochemist. 39 (6), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.1042/BIO03906003

Rapid generation of a transgene-free powdery mildew resistant tomato by genome deletion

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nekrasov, V., Wang, C., Win, J., Lanz, C., Weigel, D. and Kamoun, S. 2017. Rapid generation of a transgene-free powdery mildew resistant tomato by genome deletion. Scientific Reports. 7 (1), p. 482. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00578-x

Desaturases And Process For The Production Of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids In Transgenic Organisms (Patent EP 2669380 B1)

H1 - Patents granted
Senger, T., Bauer, J. and Napier, J. A. 2017. Desaturases And Process For The Production Of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids In Transgenic Organisms (Patent EP 2669380 B1) . EP 2669380 B1

Novel Fatty Acid Desaturases And Elongases And Uses Thereof (Patent US 2017/0067070 A1)

H2 - Patents applied for
Bauer, J., Napier, J. A. and Sayanova, O. V. 2017. Novel Fatty Acid Desaturases And Elongases And Uses Thereof (Patent US 2017/0067070 A1) . US 2017/0067070 A1

Desaturase And Method For The Production Of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids In Transgenic Organisms (Patent CA 2723072 C)

H1 - Patents granted
Napier, J. A., Bauer, J. and Sayanova, O. 2017. Desaturase And Method For The Production Of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids In Transgenic Organisms (Patent CA 2723072 C). CA 2723072 C

Acyltransferases And Uses Therof In Fatty Acid Production (Patent EP 2585603 B1)

H1 - Patents granted
Senger, T., Marty, L., Stymne, S., Lindberg , Y. J., Napier, J. A., Sayanova, O. V., Haslam, R. P. and Ruiz-Lopez, N. 2017. Acyltransferases And Uses Therof In Fatty Acid Production (Patent EP 2585603 B1). EP 2585603 B1

Process For Producing A Polyunsatured Fatty Acid Comprising Arachidonic Acid (Patent EP 2380984 B1)

H1 - Patents granted
Napier, J. A., Sayanova, O. V. and Venegas Caleron, M. 2017. Process For Producing A Polyunsatured Fatty Acid Comprising Arachidonic Acid (Patent EP 2380984 B1). EP 2380984 B1

Step changes in leaf oil accumulation via iterative metabolic engineering

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Vanhercke, T., Divi, Uday K., El Tahchy, A., Liu, Q., Mitchell, M., Taylor, M. C., Eastmond, P. J., Bryant, F., Mechanicos, A., Blundell, C., Zhi, Y., Belide, S., Shrestha, P., Zhou, X-R., Ral, J-P., White, R. G., Green, A., Singh, S. P. and Petrie, J. R. 2017. Step changes in leaf oil accumulation via iterative metabolic engineering. Metabolic Engineering. 39, pp. 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2016.12.007

Genetic relationships between spring emergence, canopy phenology, and biomass yield increase the accuracy of genomic prediction in Miscanthus

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Davey, C. L., Robson, P., Hawkins, S., Farrar, K., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Donnison, I. S. and Slavov, G. 2017. Genetic relationships between spring emergence, canopy phenology, and biomass yield increase the accuracy of genomic prediction in Miscanthus. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68 (18), pp. 5093-5102. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx339

Host-induced gene silencing for the control of the Fusarium Head Blight in wheat fields

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Kanyuka, K., Machado, A., Urban, M., Lee, W. S., Brown, N. J., King, R. A., Lau, E. Y., Sparks, C. A., Bonato, A. L. V., Tibola, C. S., Martins, N. F., Aragao, F. J., West, J., Fernandes, J. M. C. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. Host-induced gene silencing for the control of the Fusarium Head Blight in wheat fields. 1st COST iPlanta Conferernce; "Creating the plant RNAi research network CA15223", La Sapienza - CNR Headquarter , Rome, Italy, 15-17 February 2017.

An oil containing EPA and DHA from transgenic Camelina sativa to replace marine fish oil in feeds for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Effects on intestinal transcriptome, histology, tissue fatty acid profiles and plasma biochemistry

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Betancor, M. B., Li, K., Sprague, M., Bardal, T., Sayanova, O. V., Usher, S., Han, L., Måsøval, K., Torrissen, O., Napier, J. A., Tocher, D. R. and Olsen, R. E. 2017. An oil containing EPA and DHA from transgenic Camelina sativa to replace marine fish oil in feeds for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Effects on intestinal transcriptome, histology, tissue fatty acid profiles and plasma biochemistry. PLOS ONE. 12 (4), p. e0175415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175415

Engineering of tomato for the sustainable production of ketocarotenoids and its evaluation in aquaculture feed

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Nogueira, M., Enfissi, E. M. A., Martínez Valenzuela, M. E., Menard, G. N., Driller, R. L., Eastmond, P. J., Schuch, W., Sandmann, G. and Fraser, P. D. 2017. Engineering of tomato for the sustainable production of ketocarotenoids and its evaluation in aquaculture feed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (41), pp. 10876-10881. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708349114

Effects of Cultivar and Nitrogen Nutrition on the Lipid Composition of Wheat Flour

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Min, B., Gonzalez-Thuillier, I., Powers, S. J., Wilde, P. J., Shewry, P. R. and Haslam, R. P. 2017. Effects of Cultivar and Nitrogen Nutrition on the Lipid Composition of Wheat Flour. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 65 (26), pp. 5427-5434. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01437

Intrinsic wheat lipid composition effects the interfacial and foaming properties of dough liquor

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Salt, L. J., Gonzalez-Thuillier, I., Chope, G., Penson, S., Tosi, P., Haslam, R. P., Skeggs, P. K., Shewry, P. R. and Wilde, P. J. 2017. Intrinsic wheat lipid composition effects the interfacial and foaming properties of dough liquor. Food Hydrocolloids. 75 (17 August), pp. 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2017.08.020

Increased SBPase activity improves photosynthesis and grain yield in wheat grown in greenhouse conditions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Driever, S. M., Simkin, A. J., Alotaibi, S., Fisk, S. J., Madgwick, P. J., Sparks, C. A., Jones, H. D., Lawson, T., Parry, M. A. J. and Raines, C. A. 2017. Increased SBPase activity improves photosynthesis and grain yield in wheat grown in greenhouse conditions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 372 (1730), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0384

A Palmitic Acid Elongase Affects Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Plastidial Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Levels in Nannochloropsis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dolch, L-J., Rak, C., Perin, G., Tourcier, G., Broughton, R., Leterrier, M., Morosinotto, T., Tellier, F., Faure, J-D., Falconet, D., Jouhet, J., Sayanova, O. V., Beaudoin, F. and Maréchal, E. 2017. A Palmitic Acid Elongase Affects Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Plastidial Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Levels in Nannochloropsis. Plant Physiology. 173 (1), pp. 742-759. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01420

Lipid remodelling: Unravelling the response to cold stress in Arabidopsis and its extremophile relative Eutrema salsugineum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barrero-Sicilia, C., Silvestre, S., Haslam, R. P. and Michaelson, L. V. 2017. Lipid remodelling: Unravelling the response to cold stress in Arabidopsis and its extremophile relative Eutrema salsugineum. Plant Science. 263 (October), pp. 194-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.07.017

Tailoring seed oil composition in the real world: optimising omega -3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in transgenic Camelina sativa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Usher, S. L., Han, L., Haslam, R. P., Michaelson, L. V., Sturtevant, D., Aziz, M., Chapman, K. D., Sayanova, O. V. and Napier, J. A. 2017. Tailoring seed oil composition in the real world: optimising omega -3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in transgenic Camelina sativa. Scientific Reports. 7 (1), p. 6570. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06838-0

Green light for lipid fingerprinting

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Haslam, R. P. and Feussner, I. 2017. Green light for lipid fingerprinting. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1862 (8), pp. 782-785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.04.005

Chlamydomonas carries out fatty acid beta-oxidation in ancestral peroxisomes using a bona fide acyl-CoA oxidase

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kong, F. T., Liang, Y. X., Legeret, B., Beyly-Adriano, A., Blangy, S., Haslam, R. P., Napier, J. A., Beisson, F., Peltier, G. and Li-Beisson, Y. 2017. Chlamydomonas carries out fatty acid beta-oxidation in ancestral peroxisomes using a bona fide acyl-CoA oxidase. The Plant Journal. 90 (2), pp. 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13498

Tailoring the composition of novel wax esters in the seeds of transgenic Camelina sativa through systematic metabolic engineering

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ruiz-Lopez, N., Broughton, R., Usher, S. L., Salas, J. J., Haslam, R. P., Napier, J. A. and Beaudoin, F. 2017. Tailoring the composition of novel wax esters in the seeds of transgenic Camelina sativa through systematic metabolic engineering. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 15 (7), pp. 837-849. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12679

Modulation of lipid biosynthesis by stress in diatoms

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sayanova, O. V., Mimouni, V., Ulmann, L., Morant-Manceau, A., Pasquet, V., Schoefs, B. and Napier, J. A. 2017. Modulation of lipid biosynthesis by stress in diatoms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 372 (1728), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0407

Development of a statistical crop model to explain the relationship between seed yield and phenotypic diversity within the Brassica napus genepool

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bennett, E., Brignell, C., Carion, P. W. C., Cook, S. M., Eastmond, P. J., Teakle, G., Hammond, J. P., Love, C., King, G. J., Roberts, J. A. and Wagstaff, C. 2017. Development of a statistical crop model to explain the relationship between seed yield and phenotypic diversity within the Brassica napus genepool. Agronomy. 7 (2), p. 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy7020031