Editor's introduction to this issue (G&I 19:1, 2021)

Promising Novel Method of Acetylation Modification for Regulating Fatty Acid Metabolism in Brassica napus L

In this study, lysine acetylation analysis was conducted using two Brassica napus near-isogenic lines, HOCR and LOCR, containing high and low oleic acid contents, respectively, to explore this relationship. Proteins showing differences in quantitative information between the B. napus lines were identified in lysine acetylation analysis, and KEGG pathways were analyzed, yielding 45 enriched proteins, most of which are involved in carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms, photosynthesis, ascorbate and aldarate metabolism, and glycolysis. Potential key genes related to fatty acid metabolisms were determined. To further explore the effect of acetylation modification on fatty acid metabolisms, the acyl-ACP3 related gene BnaACP3^63K was cloned, and a base mutation at No.63 was changed via overlapping primer PCR method. This study is the first to demonstrate that acetylation modification can regulate oleic acid metabolisms, which provides a promising approach for the study of the molecular mechanism of oleic acid in rapeseed.