Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

Abstract Phospholipases D (PLD) and C (PLC) hydrolyze the phosphodiesteric linkages of
the head group of membrane phospholipids. PLDs and PLCs in plants occur in different …

Acyl lipids in Arabidopsis and all other plants have a myriad of diverse functions. These
include providing the core diffusion barrier of the membranes that separates cells and …

Oil produced in plant seeds is utilized as a major source of calories for human nutrition, as
feedstocks for non-food uses such as soaps and polymers, and can serve as a high-energy …

Chloroplasts contain high amounts of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and
digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) and low levels of the anionic lipids …

Triacylglycerols from plants, familiar to most people as vegetable oils, supply 25% of dietary
calories to the developed world and are increasingly a source for renewable biomaterials …

The compartmentation of neutral lipids in plants is mostly associated with seed tissues,
where triacylglycerols (TAGs) stored within lipid droplets (LDs) serve as an essential …

Oils in the form of triacylglycerols are the most abundant energy-dense storage compounds
in eukaryotes, and their metabolism plays a key role in cellular energy balance, lipid …

During the past decade, there has been a paradigm shift in our understanding of the roles of
intracellular lipid droplets (LDs). New genetic, biochemical and imaging technologies have …

Phosphatidic acid (PA) is an essential phospholipid involved in membrane biosynthesis and
signal transduction in all eukaryotes. This review focuses on its role as lipid second …