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Discovery of plant proteins may boost agricultural yields and biofuel production http://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=559
The researchers identified three proteins involved in seed oil production in thale cress plants. This thale cress seedling is shown producing one of the proteins, evidenced by the blue stain on its stems and leaves.
Image: Courtesy of Eve Syrkin Wurtele, Iowa State.
Overlay of the known structures of CHI-fold proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana and alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Protein backbones are shown as ribbons, with β-strands depicted as flat arrows (blue), α-helices as broad coils (orange), and loops as thin rope (gray). The various bound ligands in these proteins (naringenin in alfalfa CHI, and fatty acids in AtFAP1 and AtFAP3) are shown as van der Waals spheres.
Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gordon V. Louie, Ryan N. Philippe and Marianne E. Bowman.
Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies