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 …

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 …

Bile acid: sodium symporter family protein 2 (BASS2) is a sodium‐dependent pyruvate
transporter, which transports pyruvate from cytosol into plastid in plants. In this study, we …

Introduction Phosphoenolpyruvate/phosphate translocator (PPT) transports
phosphoenolpyruvate from the cytosol into the plastid for fatty acid (FA) and other …

Key message Studying seed oil metabolism. Abstract The seeds of higher plants represent
valuable factories capable of converting photosynthetically derived sugars into a variety of …

Background Tobacco seed oil could be used as an appropriate feedstock for biodiesel
production. However, the high linoleic acid content of tobacco seed oil makes it susceptible …

Highlights•Increased seed oil synthesis by enhanced pyruvate transport into
plastids.•Identification of a membrane transporter for plastid fatty acid export.•Mediation of …

Background The development of microalgal strains for enhanced biomass and biofuel
production has received increased attention. Moreover, strain development via metabolic …

Roots of Euphorbia fischeriana and Euphorbia ebracteolata are recorded as the source
plant of traditional Chinese medicine “Langdu,” containing active ingredients with anticancer …

Biosynthesis of plant seed oil is accomplished through the coordinate action of multiple
enzymes in multiple subcellular compartments. Fatty acid (FA) has to be transported from …