Acylation is a common and biochemically significant modification of plant secondary
metabolites. Plant BAHD acyltransferases constitute a large family of acyl CoA-utilizing …

Epidermis differentiation and maintenance are essential for plant survival. Constant cross‐
talk between epidermal cells and their immediate environment is at the heart of epidermal …

A waxy cuticle that serves as a protective barrier against uncontrolled water loss and
environmental damage coats the aerial surfaces of land plants. It is composed of a cutin …

Land plants secrete a layer of wax onto their aerial surfaces that is essential for survival in a
terrestrial environment. This wax is composed of long-chain, aliphatic hydrocarbons derived …

The identification of leaf wax genes involved in stress tolerance is expected to have great
potential for crop improvement. Here we report the characterization of a novel AP2 domain …

Epicuticular wax forms a layer of hydrophobic material on plant aerial organs, which
constitutes a protective barrier between the plant and its environment. We report here the …

Insertional mutagenesis of Arabidopsis ecotype C24 was used to identify a novel mutant,
designated wax2, that had alterations in both cuticle membrane and cuticular waxes …

An Arabidopsis fatty acid elongase gene, KCS1, with a high degree of sequence identity to
FAE1, encodes a 3‐ketoacyl‐CoA synthase which is involved in very long chain fatty acid …

Pungency in Capsicum fruits is due to the accumulation of the alkaloid capsaicin and its
analogs. The biosynthesis of capsaicin is restricted to the genus Capsicum and results from …

Plants are sessile organisms that have developed hydrophobic cuticles that cover their
aerial epidermal cells to protect them from terrestrial stresses. The cuticle layer is mainly …