Structural and functional analysis of tomato sterol C22 desaturase

Abstract Background Sterols are structural and functional components of eukaryotic cell membranes. Plants produce a complex mixture of sterols, among which β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, and cholesterol in some Solanaceae, are the most abundant species. Many reports have shown that the sti...

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Main Authors: Laura Gutiérrez-García, Montserrat Arró, Teresa Altabella, Albert Ferrer, Albert Boronat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-02898-7