Transitions in wheat endosperm metabolism upon transcriptional induction of oil accumulation by oat endosperm WRINKLED1.

Åsa GrimbergMark WilkinsonPer SnellRebecca P De VosIrene González-ThuillierAhmed TawfikeJane L WardAnders S CarlssonPeter ShewryPer Hofvander

Published in: BMC plant biology (2020)

Our data show that expression of oat endosperm WRI1 in the wheat endosperm results in changes in metabolism which could underpin the application of biotechnology to manipulate grain composition. In particular, the striking effect on starch synthesis in the wheat endosperm indicates that an important indirect role of WRI1 is to divert carbon allocation away from starch biosynthesis in plant storage tissues that accumulate oil.

Keyphrases

gene expression
poor prognosis
fatty acid
machine learning
transcription factor
cell wall
binding protein
long non coding rna