Two Acyltransferases Contribute Differently to Linolenic Acid Levels in Seed Oil.

Plant Physiol

Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences (S.M., C.H., I.F.) and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (I.F.), Department of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University, 37077 Goettingen, Germany.

Published: April 2017

Acyltransferases are key contributors to triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis and, thus, are of great importance for seed oil quality. The effects of increased or decreased expression of () or () on seed lipid composition were assessed in several lines. Furthermore, in vitro assays of acyltransferases in microsomal fractions prepared from developing seeds of some of these lines were performed. Decreased expression of led to an increased percentage of 18:3-3 without any change in total lipid content of the seed. The tri-18:3 TAG increase occurred predominantly in the cotyledon, as determined with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry, whereas species with two 18:3-3 acyl groups were elevated in both cotyledon and embryonal axis. overexpression led to a relative increase of 18:2-6 at the expense of 18:3-3, also without affecting the total lipid content. Differential distributions of TAG species also were observed in different parts of the seed. The microsomal assays revealed that seeds have very high activity of diacylglycerol-phosphatidylcholine interconversion. The combination of analytical and biochemical data suggests that the higher 18:2-6 content in the seed oil of the overexpressors is due to the channeling of fatty acids from phosphatidylcholine into TAG before being desaturated to 18:3-3, caused by the high activity of PDAT in general and by PDAT specificity for 18:2-6. The higher levels of 18:3-3 in -silencing lines are likely due to the compensatory activity of a TAG-synthesizing enzyme with specificity for this acyl group and more desaturation of acyl groups occurring on phosphatidylcholine.

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