FEBS Journal

A non??canonical caleosin from Arabidopsis efficiently epoxidizes physiological unsaturated fatty acids with complete stereoselectivity

E Blée, M Flenet, B Boachon, ML Fauconnier

Index: Blee, Elizabeth; Flenet, Martine; Boachon, Benoit; Fauconnier, Marie-Laure FEBS Journal, 2012 , vol. 279, # 20 p. 3981 - 3995

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Abstract

Abstract In plants, epoxygenated fatty acids (EFAs) are constituents of oil seeds as well as defence molecules and components of biopolymers (cutin, suberin). While the pleiotropic biological activities of mammalian EFAs have been well documented, there is a paucity of information on the physiological relevance of plant EFAs and their biosynthesis. Potential candidates for EFA formation are caleosin-type peroxygenases which catalyze the ...