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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
The cuticle coats the aerial organs of land plants and is composed of a cutin matrix embedded and overlayed with waxes. The Arabidopsis CER3 gene is important for cuticular wax biosynthesis and was reported to correspond to At5g02310 encoding an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Here, we demonstrate that CER3 is not At5g02310 and instead corresponds to WAX2/YRE/FLP1 (At5g57800), a gene of unknown function required for wax biosynthesis. CER3 protein has also been implicated in cutin production because strong cer3 alleles display organ fusions. Leaf cutin analysis of two cer3 alleles did not reveal significant differences in cutin load or composition, indicating that CER3 has no major role in leaf cutin formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
581
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3538-44
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The CER3 wax biosynthetic gene from Arabidopsis thaliana is allelic to WAX2/YRE/FLP1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't