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De novo fatty acid synthesis (FAS) supplies fatty acids for a large variety of lipids, including membrane lipids, epiticular waxes and cutin, neutral storage lipids, and many natural products, such as acyl salicylates, polyacetylenes or macrocyclic lactones. Many of these specific lipids are found in highly differentiated plant cells, where they can often represent a major part of cell dry weight. The regulation of FAS, which in most cases supplies the same fatty acids (palmitic and oleic acids) for different end products, is therefore a key question.
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Pollard, M.R., Singh, S.S. (1987). Fatty Acid Synthesis in Developing Oilseeds. In: Stumpf, P.K., Mudd, J.B., Nes, W.D. (eds) The Metabolism, Structure, and Function of Plant Lipids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5263-1_84
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