ReviewJournal of experimental botany2022
The production of wax esters in transgenic plants: towards a sustainable source of bio-lubricants.
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- Overexpression of jojoba wax ester synthase in poplar increases foliar lipid accumulation, alters stomatal conductance, and increases water use efficiency.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Article
- The jojoba lipid droplet protein LDAP1 facilitates the packaging of wax esters into lipid droplets.The Plant cell · 2025Article
- Ectopic expression of wax ester synthase under a wood-specific promoter enhances cell wall production and wood hydrophobicity.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2025Article
- The WSD-type wax ester synthase is widely conserved in streptophytes and crucial for floral organ formation under high humidity in land plants.Journal of plant research · 2025Article
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- Stabilization of an Aqueous Bio-Based Wax Nano-Emulsion through Encapsulation.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Moisturizer in Patients with Inflammatory Skin Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Wax esters are high-value compounds used as feedstocks for the production of lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Currently, they are produced mostly from fossil reserves using chemical synthesis, but this cannot meet increasing demand and has a negative environmental impact. Natural wax esters are also obtained from Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) but comparably in very low amounts and expensively. Therefore, metabolic engineering of plants, especially of the seed storage lipid metabolism of oil crops, represents an attractive strategy for renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly production of wax esters tailored to industrial applications. Utilization of wax ester-synthesizing enzymes with defined specificities and modulation of the acyl-CoA pools by various genetic engineering approaches can lead to obtaining wax esters with desired compositions and properties. However, obtaining high amounts of wax esters is still challenging due to their negative impact on seed germination and yield. In this review, we describe recent progress in establishing non-food-plant platforms for wax ester production and discuss their advantages and limitations as well as future prospects.
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