Abstract Male Sterile2 (MS2) is predicted to encode a fatty acid reductase required for pollen
wall development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Transient expression of MS2 in …

Fatty acyl reductases (FARs) catalyse the reduction of fatty acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) or-acyl
carrier protein (ACP) substrates to primary fatty alcohols, which play essential roles in lipid …

Aliphatic alcohols naturally exist in many organisms as important cellular components;
however, their roles in extracellular polymer biosynthesis are poorly defined. We report here …

Summary The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY 2 (MS2) gene product is involved in
male gametogenesis. The first abnormalities in pollen development of ms2 mutants are seen …

Abstract The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY1 (MS1) gene encodes a nuclear
protein with Leu zipper–like and PHD-finger motifs and is important for postmeiotic pollen …

Abstract The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY1 (MS1) gene is critical for viable pollen
formation and has homology to the PHD-finger class of transcription factors; however, its role …

The pollen coat is a surface component of pollen grains required for fertilization. To study
how the pollen coat is produced, we identified and characterized a recessive and …

Primary fatty alcohols are found throughout the biological world, either in free form or in a
combined state. They are common components of plant surface lipids (ie cutin, suberin …

Acyl–acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterases are enzymes that control the termination of
intraplastidial fatty acid synthesis by hydrolyzing the acyl–ACP complexes. Among the …

Previously, it was shown that β-ketoacyl-coenzyme A synthase ECERIFERUM6 (CER6) is
necessary for the biosynthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids with chain lengths beyond C28 …