Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2017, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 669-679.DOI: 10.11983/CBB16204

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Research Advances in Plant Oil Body

Jia Hu1, Chunlin Liu2*   

  1. 1College of Agriculture Science, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China
    2Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of crop, Changsha 410128, China
  • Received:2016-10-24 Accepted:2017-01-05 Online:2017-09-01 Published:2017-07-10
  • Contact: Chunlin Liu

Abstract: The oil body, covered with single layer phospholipid membrane, is an important organelle in eukaryotic organisms. Different oil-body proteins embedded in the membrane are crucial for the properties and functions of the oil body. The oil body plays important roles in energy reserve, cell proliferation and differentiation, disease and cold resistance and developmental regulation. In this review, we summarize recent research progress in the structure, biological function, and formation of the oil body in different tissues as well as membrane proteins embedded in the oil body, which will provide a useful reference for future research of oil bodies.

Key words: oil body, oil body architecture, biological function, oil body protein