Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Docking of acetyl-CoA carboxylase to the plastid envelope membrane attenuates fatty acid production in plants

  • Yajin Ye,
  • Krisztina Nikovics,
  • Alexandra To,
  • Loïc Lepiniec,
  • Eric T. Fedosejevs,
  • Steven R. Van Doren,
  • Sébastien Baud,
  • Jay J. Thelen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20014-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In plants, light-dependent activation fatty acid synthesis (FAS) is mediated in part by acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase). Here the authors identify a family of genes encoding carboxyltransferase interactors that attenuate FAS in the light by docking acetyl-CoA carboxylase to the plastid envelope.