Effect of mcl-PHA synthesis in flax on plant mechanical properties and cell wall composition.

ABSTRACT: The high demand for new biomaterials makes synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in plants an interesting and desirable achievement. Production of polymers in plants is an example of application of biotechnology for improving the properties of plants, e.g. industrial properties, but it can also provide knowledge about plant physiology and metabolism. The subject of the present study was an industrially important plant: flax, Linum usitatissimum L., of a fibre cultivar (cv Nike). In the study the gene encoding PHA synthase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, fused to a peroxisomal targeting signal, was expressed in flax plants with the aim of modifying the mechanical properties of plants. Medium-chain-length (mcl) hydroxy acids in flax plants from tissue cultures were detected by GC-FID and FTI

SUBMITTER: Wrobel-Kwiatkowska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353814 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature