The world's population is projected to increase by two billion by 2050, resulting in food and
energy insecurity. Oilseed crops have been identified as key to address these challenges …

In recent years, a renewed interest in novel crops has been developing due to the
environmental issues associated with the sustainability of agricultural practices. In particular …

Excessive combustion of fossil fuels for energy production, with concomitant release to the
atmosphere of huge amounts of gases bearing greenhouse effects have urged search for …

Lipid transporters synergistically contribute to oil accumulation under normal conditions in
microalgae; however, their effects on lipid metabolism under stress conditions are unknown …

Background In the oilseed crop Brassica napus (rapeseed), various metabolic processes
influence seed oil content, oil quality, and biological yield. However, the role of plastid …

Triacylglycerols (TAGs) serve as the most important storage form of energy and carbon in
eukaryotic cells and thus are one of the fundamental macronutrients for animal and human …

Trypanosoma brucei spp. causes African Sleeping Sickness in humans and nagana, a
wasting disease, in cattle. As T. brucei goes through its life cycle in its mammalian and insect …

Camelina sativa is regarded as a low‐input oilseed crop for versatile food, biofuels and
industrial applications with potential production on marginal lands, whereas phosphate (Pi) …

In algae and land plants, transport of fatty acids (FAs) from their site of synthesis in the
plastid stroma to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for assembly into acyl lipids is crucial for …

Fatty acid desaturases add a second bond into a single bond of carbon atoms in fatty acid
chains, resulting in an unsaturated bond between the two carbons. They are classified into …