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Manufacturing specialized wax esters in plants
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- Demski, Kamil (author)
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Institutionen för växtförädling,Department of Plant Breeding
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- Ding, Bao Jian (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Funktionell zoologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Feromongruppen,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Functional zoology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Pheromone Group,Lund University Research Groups
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- Wang, Hong Lei (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Funktionell zoologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Feromongruppen,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Functional zoology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Pheromone Group,Lund University Research Groups
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- Tran, Tam N.T. (author)
- Kansas State University
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- Durrett, Timothy P. (author)
- Kansas State University
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- Lager, Ida (author)
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Institutionen för växtförädling,Department of Plant Breeding
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- Löfstedt, Christer (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Funktionell zoologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Feromongruppen,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Functional zoology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Pheromone Group,Lund University Research Groups
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- Hofvander, Per (author)
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Institutionen för växtförädling,Department of Plant Breeding
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- Elsevier BV, 2022
- 2022
- English 12 s.
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In: Metabolic Engineering. - : Elsevier BV. - 1096-7176 .- 1096-7184. ; 72, s. 391-402
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Abstract
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- Biologically produced wax esters can fulfil different industrial purposes. These functionalities almost drove the sperm whale to extinction from hunting. After the ban on hunting, there is a niche in the global market for biolubricants with properties similar to spermaceti. Wax esters can also serve as a mechanism for producing insect sex pheromone fatty alcohols. Pheromone-based mating disruption strategies are in high demand to replace the toxic pesticides in agriculture and manage insect plagues threatening our food and fiber reserves. In this study we set out to investigate the possibilities of in planta assembly of wax esters, for specific applications, through transient expression of various mix-and-match combinations of genes in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Our synthetic biology designs were outlined in order to pivot plant lipid metabolism into producing wax esters with targeted fatty acyl and fatty alcohols moieties. Through this approach we managed to obtain industrially important spermaceti-like wax esters enriched in medium-chain fatty acyl and/or fatty alcohol moieties of wax esters. Via employment of plant codon-optimized moth acyl-CoA desaturases we also managed to capture unusual, unsaturated fatty alcohol and fatty acyl moieties, structurally similar to moth pheromone compounds, in plant-accumulated wax esters. Comparison between outcomes of different experimental designs identified targets for stable transformation to accumulate specialized wax esters and helped us to recognize possible bottlenecks of such accumulation.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Oorganisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Inorganic Chemistry (hsv//eng)
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Bioteknologi med applikationer på växter och djur -- Växtbioteknologi (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agricultural Biotechnology -- Plant Biotechnology (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Miljöbioteknik -- Annan miljöbioteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Environmental Biotechnology -- Other Environmental Biotechnology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Insect sex pheromones
- Pest control
- Plant factory
- Spermaceti
- Synthetic biology
- Wax esters
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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