Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Glyma.17g047000
• Gene Symbol: KASIIa
• Gene Name:
• Genome: Wm82.a4.v1
• Species: Glycine max

Functional Descriptions:

• The elongation of palmitic acid to stearic acid by the 3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase II (KASII) enzyme represents a branch point in the pathway of oil biosynthesis in soybean.
• In particular, the intermediate levels of palmitic acid produced in the seeds of the KASIIaA469T mutant provide a resource to fine-tune oil content in a way that was not previously available to breeders and geneticists.
• These new mutant alleles of soybean KASIIa may be useful to fine-tune the composition of soybean seed oil using molecular breeding approaches.

Function-related keywords:

• seed ,  breeding ,  oil-content

Literature:

• Mutations in the soybean 3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase gene are correlated with high levels of seed palmitic acid   DOI:  10.1007/s11032-012-9707-x ;  PMID:  

Related News:

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: 547591
• UniProt accessions: Q5ECI4

Sequences: