University of Kentucky UKnowledge University of Kentucky Master's Theses Graduate School 2006 EPOXYGENASE EXPRESSION IN SOYBEAN AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EPOXY FATTY ACIDS Purnima Kamlakar Wagh University of Kentucky,
[email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Wagh, Purnima Kamlakar, "EPOXYGENASE EXPRESSION IN SOYBEAN AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EPOXY FATTY ACIDS" (2006). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 384. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/384 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Kentucky Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ABSTRACT OF THESIS EPOXYGENASE EXPRESSION IN SOYBEAN AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EPOXY FATTY ACIDS Epoxy fatty acids (EXA) are valuable to industry as they are used in synthesizing plasticizers such as of poly vinyl chloride, resins, adhesives, coating materials such as paint, lubricant, lubricant additives, insecticides, insect repellants, crop oil concentrates and formulations of carriers for slow release pesticides and herbicides. There is interest in developing commercial oilseeds accumulating epoxy fatty acids to at least 50% of the seed oil. Soybeans are the most widely cultivated oilseed and its oil has high levels of linoleic acid which can be a substrate for epoxygenase enzymes. Cahoon et al., expressed a cytochrome P450 enzyme (CYP726A1) from Euphorbia lagascae in soybean somatic embryos and found that the epoxy fatty acid, vernolic acid, reached ~8% of the total fatty acids in transgenic somatic embryos.