Identification of a mutant fatty acid elongase allele from zero-percent erucic acid Sinapis alba
2001
Drost, W.J. | Somers, D.J. | Rakow, G. | Raney, J.P.
The fae1 gene codes for KCS (beta-keto-acyl-CoA synthase), the candidate enzyme for elongation of oleic acid to eicosenoic acid and erucic acid (C22:1) in various oilseed species. Degenerate primers for the fae1 gene were used to amplify and clone fae1 gene homologs in high and zero C22:1 Sinapis alba. Under stringent PCR conditions, a polymorphism was revealed between the two genotypes and was mapped as a fae1 marker in an F2 population derived from a cross between high and zero C22:1 S. alba. The fae1 marker co-segregated with C22:1 content and the C22:1 phenotypic locus. In addition, a set of 11 RAPD markers for C22:1 in S. alba was identified. Cloning and sequencing of the fae1 alleles in high and zero C22:1 S. alba revealed two amino-acid substitutions specific to zero C22:1 S. alba. The underlying nucleotide substitution for one of the amino-acid substitutions and an adjacent silent nucleotide substitution were used to design primers for allele-specific amplicons for both the wild-type and zero C22:1 alleles. The two diagnostic PCR tests are reliable selection tools to identify S. alba carrying one or both of the wild-type and mutant C22:1 alleles of the KCS gene.
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