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Rice lipases: a conundrum in rice bran stabilization: a review on their impact and biotechnological interventions

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Rice is a primary food and is one of the most important constituents of diets all around the world. Rice bran is a valuable component of rice, containing many oil-soluble vitamins, minerals, and oil. It is known for its ability to improve the economic value of rice. Further, it contains substantial quantities of minerals like potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron and antioxidants like tocopherols, tocotrienols, and γ-oryzanol, indicating that rice bran can be utilized effectively against several life-threatening disorders. It is difficult to fully utilize the necessary nutrients due to the presence of lipases in rice bran. These lipases break down lipids, specifically Triacylglycerol, into free fatty acids and glycerol. This review discusses physicochemical properties, mechanism of action, distribution, and activity of lipases in various components of rice seeds. The phylogenetic and gene expression analysis helped to understand the differential expression pattern of lipase genes at different growth phases of rice plant. Further, this review discusses various genetic and biotechnological approaches to decrease lipase activity in rice and other plants, which could potentially prevent the degradation of bran oil. The goal is to establish whether lipases are a major contributor to this issue and to develop rice varieties with improved bran stability. This information sets the stage for upcoming molecular research in this area.

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HR would like acknowledge the funding received from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India (Grant no. BT/PR39021/AGIII/103/1226/2020), and Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt of India (Grant no. SRG/2021/001495), and Core Research Grant from National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India.

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Correspondence to Manas K. Tripathy or Hasthi Ram.

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Bansal, S., Sundararajan, S., Shekhawat, P.K. et al. Rice lipases: a conundrum in rice bran stabilization: a review on their impact and biotechnological interventions. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 29, 985–1003 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-023-01343-3

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