Gene Details:

  • Gene ID:
  • Gene Symbol: StKCS6
  • Gene Name: 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase 6
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  • Species: Solanum tuberosum

Functional Descriptions:

  • Silencing of StKCS6 in potato periderm leads to reduced chain lengths of suberin and wax compounds and increased peridermal transpiration.
  • This gene, called StKCS6, was stably silenced by RNA interference (RNAi) in potato. Analysis of the chemical composition of silenced potato tuber periderms indicated that StKCS6 down-regulation has a significant and fairly specific effect on the chain length distribution of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and derivatives, occurring in the suberin polymer and peridermal wax.
  • StKCS6 is preferentially involved in the formation of suberin and wax lipidic monomers with chain lengths of C28 and higher.
  • Our results convincingly show that StKCS6 is involved in both suberin and wax biosynthesis and that a reduction of the monomeric carbon chain lengths leads to increased rates of peridermal transpiration.

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