Metabolic engineering of fatty acids from soybean seeds
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Background The worldwide demand for new renewable sources of energy is rising every day [1]. Biodiesel is a green fuel made mainly from soybean oil, on average composed of 25% oleic acid and 13% palmitic acid, which negatively impacts its oxidative stability and freezing point, causing a high rate of nitrogen oxide emission [2,3]. To improve the quality and performance of soybean oil as biodiesel, manipulation of its production of fatty acids is required to increase monounsaturated acids and reduce polyunsaturated acids. This work focuses on metabolic engineering of soybean to achieve those requirements.
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