A CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYME ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYNTHESIS OF DELTA <12>-EPOXY GROUPS IN FATTY ACIDS OF PLANTS

摘要

An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cytochrome P450 enzyme associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids is disclosed. The invention also relates to making a chimeric construct encoding all or a portion of the cytochrome P450 enzymes associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric construct results in production of altered levels of the cytochrome P450 enzymes associated with the synthesis of plant D12-epoxy fatty acids in a transformed host cell.