Table 7.
List of “protect” genes used 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFAR | B. napus | B. napus | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 14-28% | ↗ C18:3, C20:0, C20:1, C22:0, C22:1; ↘ C16:0, C16:1 | (Karunarathna et al., 2020) | |
| GDSL1 | A. thaliana | B. napus | Overexpression | ↘ seed oil by 13% | ↗ C18:2, C18:3; ↘ C18:1, C20:0, C20:1 | (Ding et al., 2019) | |
| B. napus | B. napus | Overexpression | ↘ seed oil by 13% | ↗ C18:2, C18:3; ↘ C18:1, C20:0, C20:1 | (Ding et al., 2019) | ||
| B. napus | B. napus | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 12% | ↗ C18:1; ↘ C18:2, C18:3 | (Ding et al., 2019) | ||
| NCP6 | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil by 6-8% | ↗ C18:3, C20:0, C20:1; ↘ C16:0 and C18:0 | (Cai et al., 2020) | |
| C. sativa | C. sativa | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil by 6.3% | ↗ C18:3; ↘ C16:0 and C18:0 | (Cai et al., 2020) | ||
| pPLAIIIδ | C. sativa | C. sativa | Overexpression | ↗ seed oil by 14% | ↗ C20:1; ↘ C18:1 | (Li et al., 2015a) | |
| PLIP1 | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Overexpression | ↘ seed oil by 25% | ↗ C18:3; ↘ C18:1, C18:2 | (Wang et al., 2017) | |
| Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 45% | ↗ C18:1, C18:3, C22:1; ↘ C20:0 | (Wang et al., 2017) | ||||
| PUX10 | A. thaliana | A. thaliana | Down-regulation | no significant difference | ↘ C18:2; ↗ C18:3 | (Deruyffelaere et al., 2018) | |
| Down-regulation | no significant difference | no significant difference | (Kretzschmar et al., 2018) | ||||
| SDP1 | J. curcas | A. thaliana | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 13% | ↗ C20:1; ↘ C18:1 | (Kim et al., 2014) | |
| G. max | G. max | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 30% | ↗ C18:1; ↘ C18:2 | (Kanai et al., 2019) | ||
| B. napus | B. napus | Down-regulation | ↗ seed oil by 8% | no significant difference | (Kelly et al., 2013) | ||