Table 6.
List of “package” genes manipulated to enhance oil yield and/or change the FA composition in seeds.
| Gene | Gene source | Target species | Strategy | Effect in total seed oil content | Effect in fatty Acid composition | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIT2 | Mouse | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 13% | ↗ C16:0, C18:1; ↘ C20:2 | (Cai et al., 2017) |
| FSP27 | Mouse | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 9% | (Price et al., 2020) | |
| LDAP | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Overexpression | no significant difference | ↗ C16:0, C18:3; ↘ C18:1, C18:2, C20:1 | (Gidda et al., 2016) |
| Down-regulation | no significant difference | no significant difference | (Gidda et al., 2016) | |||
| LDIP | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil content by up to 22% | ↗ C18:1, C18:2, C18:3, C20:1 | (Pyc et al., 2017) |
| Oleosin | C. tinctorius | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 30% | (Lu et al., 2018) | |
| G. max | O. sativa | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 46% | no significant difference | (Liu et al., 2013) | |
| G. max | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 10.6% | ↗ C18:2 | (Zhang et al., 2019) | ||
| Seipin | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 62% | ↗ HFA | (Lunn et al., 2018) |
| Overexpression | ↗ seed oil content by up to 10% | (Cai et al., 2015) |