In Silico Identification and Comparative Genomics of Candidate Genes Involved in Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Seed Oil in Plants

Table 1

Variations for fatty acids and TAG biosynthesis pathway genes associated with high oil content in different plant species.

Targeted Genes	Descriptions of variations	Gene regions harboring variations	Plant/organism	References
FAD 2, FAD 3	SNP for high oleic acid and low linolenic acid	Exon	Brassica	Hu et al., 2006 [14]
Stearoyl—ACP desaturase	SNP for high stearic acid	Exon	Soybean	Zhang et al., 2008 [15]
FAD 2	SNPs for high oleic acid	Exon	Peanut	López et al., 2000 [16]
FAD 3	SNP for low linolenic acid	Intron-Exon junction	Soybean	Bilyeu et al., 2005 [17]
KAS I	SNPs and Indel associated with oleic acid content	5′UTR, Exon, Intron	Soybean	Ha et al., 2010 [18]
KAS III, ACCase, Stearoyl—ACP desaturase, DGAT	Indels, SNPs and SSRs associated with variation in composition and concentration of oil	—	Maize	Yang et al., 2010 [19]
FAD 2	3 base pair variation leads to change in amino acid which contribute to high oleate content in oil	Exon	Peanut	Bruner et al., 2001 [20]
DGAT1	3 bp Insertion leads to high oleic acid content	Exon	Maize	Zheng et al., 2008 [21]
FAD 2	SSR linked to oleic acid content		Soybean	Bachlava et al., 2008 [22]
FAD 3	Deletion in soybean FAD 3 leads to reduced linolenate	Exon	Soybean	Anai et al., 2005 [23]
KAS III	SNP associated with high palmitic acid content	Exon	Soybean	Aghoram et al., 2006 [24]
Stearoyl—ACP desaturase	SSRs associated with high stearic acid	—	Soybean	Spencer et al., 2003 [25]
Stearoyl—ACP desaturase	SSRs and INDELs associated with high stearic acid	—	Sunflower	Pérez-Vich et al., 2006 [26]
FatB	Deletions associated with low palmitic acid content	Exons and Introns	Soybean	Cardinal et al., 2007 [27]