Present molecular biology works in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)
2005
Tangueco, R.E.L. | Cueno, M.E. | Laude, R.P. (Philippine University Los Banos, College, Laguna (Philippines). Inst. of Biological Sciences)
Coconut is one of the most marketed export crops from the Philippines due chiefly to copra. Currently, several new products are now marketed from coconut. Among them are: virgin coconut oil and cocodiesel. The demand for this product is largely due to the oil content found in coconut, which is rich in medium chain fatty acid. With the advent of molecular biology, current coconut molecular bilogy researches have been focused on the genes involved in fatty acid synthesis. Several genes are in involved in fatty acids synthesis in coconut which would include: acyl- ACP thioesterase (TE), phosphalidic acid phosphatase (PAP), Acyl carrier protein (ACP), acetyl CoA carboxylase, (ACCase), Lysophosphatidic acid acyl transferase (LPAAT) and Beta-ketoacyl (ACP) synthase 3 (KAS3). All these genes were subjected to the 3_ RACE method. The results show an ontological pattern of expression amongst the genes. Furthermore, isoforms were discovered to be present in some of the genes. These new discoveries sets the groundwork for future molecular biology work in coconut.
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