Functional Omics Identifies Serine Hydrolases That Mobilize Storage Lipids during Rice Seed Germination.

Achintya Kumar Dolui1,2, Panneerselvam Vijayaraj3,2

  • 1Lipid and Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Lipid Science, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, 570020, India.

Plant Physiology
|August 21, 2020
PubMed
Summary

This study identifies active lipases and other Serine Hydrolases (SHs) in germinating rice seeds using activity-based protein profiling. These enzymes are crucial for lipid mobilization and seedling growth, with their activity impacted by fungal infection.

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