The impact of the GLOSSY2 and GLOSSY2-LIKE BAHD-proteins in affecting the product profile of the maize fatty acid elongase.

The maize and genes are homologs, which encode proteins that belong to the BAHD family of acyltransferases. genetic studies have demonstrated that these genes may be involved in the elongation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) that are precursors of the cuticular wax fraction of the plant cuticle. VLCFAs are synthesized by a fatty acyl-CoA elongase complex (FAE) that consists of four component enzymes.

Engineering the cellulolytic bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, to co-utilize hemicellulose.

Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of lignocellulosic biomass holds promise to realize economic production of second-generation biofuels/chemicals, and Clostridium thermocellum is a leading candidate for CBP due to it being one of the fastest degraders of crystalline cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass. However, CBP by C. thermocellum is approached with co-cultures, because C.

Modulation of plant acetyl-CoA synthetase activity by post-translational lysine acetylation.

Acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) is one of several enzymes that generate the key metabolic intermediate, acetyl-CoA. In microbes and mammals ACS activity is regulated by the post-translational acetylation of a key lysine residue. ACS in plant cells is part of a two-enzyme system that maintains acetate homeostasis, but its post-translational regulation is unknown.

The Effects of Carbon Source and Growth Temperature on the Fatty Acid Profiles of .

The aerobic, thermophilic , has been proposed as an organism to be used for the efficient conversion of plant biomass to fatty acid-derived precursors of biofuels or biorenewable chemicals. Despite the potential of to catabolize plant biomass, there is remarkably little data available concerning the natural ability of this organism to produce fatty acids. Therefore, we determined the fatty acids that produces when it is grown on different carbon sources (i.