Studies on biosynthesis of waxes by developing jojoba seed tissue
- 1 March 1978
- Vol. 13 (3) , 203-210
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02533401
Abstract
Slices of developing jojoba cotyledons incorporated a variety of precursors in to wax, free alcohols, and polar lipids.14C‐Decanoic and14C‐lauric acids were elongated and desaturated, whereas14C‐myristic and14C‐longer chain fatty acids, although incorporated into wax, were insignificantly modified. Exogenously added14C‐acetate contributed mainly to chain elongation of endogenous oleic acid, whereas14C from added glucose was uniformly distributed throughout the acyl chain of the fatty acids. These data suggest the existence of metabolically separate pools of acetate and/or sites for de novo synthesis and elongation of acyl chains.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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