Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory
This image shows the portion of WRINKLED1 (green "ribbon") that binds to DNA (orange, green, and blue "twisted ladder") to turn on the genes for oil production in plants. The magenta, red, and blue stick-figure portions of the molecule get phosphorylated by KIN10 to mark WRINKLED1, initiating a process that leads to its destruction. Interfering with these phosphorylation sites could be one way to stabilize WRINKLED1 to increase plant oil production.