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Production of Medium-chain Fatty Acids in Brassica napus by Biotechnology

유채에서의 중쇄지방산 생산

  • Roh, Kyung-Hee (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Ki-Jong (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Park, Jong-Sug (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Uk (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Kyeong-Ryeol (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Bum (Department of Agricultural Bio-resources, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
  • 노경희 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부) ;
  • 이기종 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부) ;
  • 박종석 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부) ;
  • 김현욱 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부) ;
  • 이경렬 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부) ;
  • 김종범 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 농업생명자원부)
  • Received : 2010.03.25
  • Accepted : 2010.04.28
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) are composed of 8-12 carbon atoms, and are found in coconut, cuphea, and palm kernel oil. MCFA were introduced into clinical nutrition in the 1950s for dietary treatment of malabsorption syndromes because of their rapid absorption and solubility. Recently, MCFA have been applied to Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancement Technology (GIPET), which is one of the most important parts in drug delivery system in therapeutics. Therefore, to accumulate the MCFA in seed oil of rapeseed, much effort has been conducted by classical or molecular breeding. Laurate can be successfully accumulated up to 60 mol% in the seed oil of rapeseed by the expression of bay thioesterase (Uc FatB1) alone or crossed with a line over-expressing the coconut lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) under the control of a napin seed-storage protein promoter. Also, caprylate and caprate were obtained 7 mol% and 29 mol%, respectively, from plants over-expressing of the medium-chain specific thioesterase (Ch FatB2) alone or together with the chain-length-specific condensing enzyme (Ch KASIV). Despite the success of some research in utilizing parallel classical and molecular breeding to produce MCFA, commercially available seed oils have for the most part, not been realized. Recent research in the field of developing MCFA-enriched transgenic plants has established that there is no single rate-limiting step in the production of the target fatty acids. The purpose of this article is to review some of the recent progress in understanding the mechanism and regulation of MCFA production in seed oil of rapeseed.

중쇄지방산은 탄소수가 8-12개로 구성된 포화지방산으로, 장쇄지방산과 달리 인체내 흡수가 빠르고 분해가 빨리 일어나 체지방으로 축적되지 않으면서 열효율이 높아 소화장애환자의 식이요법에 이용된다. 또한 최근 의료분야의 위장침투향상기술에 중쇄지방산 또는 중쇄지방산 유도물질이 사용되며, 이 기술은 최첨단 약물전달시스템 분야에 매우 중요하게 적용되고 있다. 이처럼 효용가치가 높은 중쇄지방산 기름은 아열대작물인 코코넛, 팜 그리고 쿠페아 종자에서 주로 생산되고 있는데, 기름함량이 적고 재배가 까다로워 상업적 이용의 어려움이 있다. 이러한 이유로 재배지역이 넓고 재배가 용이한 유채의 종자에서 중쇄지방산을 생산하고 함량을 증대시키기 위해 그 동안 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 지금까지 밝혀진 중쇄지방산 생산에 관여하는 유전자는 크게 Thioesterase(지방산 사슬 길이), KAS(지방산 사슬 연장), 그리고 Acyltransferase(지방산 전이)로 알려져 있다. 이러한 유전자를 단독 또는 동시에 유채에 형질전환 한후, 여기에서 얻어진 형질전환체 계통을 이용하여 고전육종과 분자육종의 병행을 통해 유채 종자에서 중쇄지방산인 Laurate함량이 60 mol%까지 축적되는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 Caprylate와 Caprate함량은 각 각 8 mol%와 27 mol%까지 축적되었다. 비록 유채 종자에서 일부 중쇄지방산의 생산이 성공적으로 생산되는 결과를 얻었다 할지라도 실제 상업적으로 이용하려면 중쇄지방산 함량이 더 많이 생산되어야 한다. 본 총설에서는 지금까지 유채 종자 내에서 중쇄지방산이 생산된 연구결과를 면밀히 살펴보았고, 향후 연구방향에 대해 간략하게 논하였다.

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