A novel group of oleosins is present inside the pollen of Arabidopsis.
Authors Kim Hyun Uk; Hsieh Kai; Ratnayake Chandra; Huang Anthony H C;
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID11929861
In plants, subcellular triacylglycerol granules in seeds (oil bodies) and floral tapetum (tapetosomes) are stabilized by amphipathic structural protein called oleosin. We hereby report a novel group of oleosins that is present inside the pollen of Arabidopsis thaliana. We have used the conserved sequence of oleosins to locate, via the ... More