[HTML][HTML] Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

G Chen, JL Harwood, MJ Lemieux, SJ Stone… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Mechanisms and functions of membrane lipid remodeling in plants

L Yu, C Zhou, J Fan, J Shanklin, C Xu - The Plant Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid remodeling, defined herein as post‐synthetic structural modifications of membrane
lipids, play crucial roles in regulating the physicochemical properties of cellular membranes …

Autophagy: an intracellular degradation pathway regulating plant survival and stress response

T Su, X Li, M Yang, Q Shao, Y Zhao, C Ma… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is an intracellular process that facilitates the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic
materials by the vacuole or lysosome in eukaryotes. This conserved process is achieved …

Fatty acid and lipid transport in plant cells

N Li, C Xu, Y Li-Beisson, K Philippar - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
Fatty acids (FAs) and lipids are essential—not only as membrane constituents but also for
growth and development. In plants and algae, FAs are synthesized in plastids and to a large …

Triacylglycerol metabolism, function, and accumulation in plant vegetative tissues

C Xu, J Shanklin - Annual review of plant biology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Metabolism of acyl‐lipids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Y Li‐Beisson, F Beisson, W Riekhof - The Plant Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae are emerging platforms for production of a suite of compounds targeting several
markets, including food, nutraceuticals, green chemicals, and biofuels. Many of these …

50 years of Arabidopsis research: highlights and future directions

NJ Provart, J Alonso, SM Assmann… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2014 marked the 25th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. In the
50 yr since the first International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, held in 1965 in …

Understanding the control of acyl flux through the lipid metabolic network of plant oil biosynthesis

PD Bates - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Plant oil biosynthesis involves a complex metabolic network with multiple subcellular
compartments, parallel pathways, cycles, and pathways that have a dual function to produce …

Peroxisomes: versatile organelles with diverse roles in plants

R Pan, J Liu, S Wang, J Hu - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Peroxisomes are small, ubiquitous organelles that are delimited by a single membrane and
lack genetic material. However, these simple‐structured organelles are highly versatile in …

Metabolic engineering for enhanced oil in biomass

T Vanhercke, JM Dyer, RT Mullen, A Kilaru… - Progress in lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The world is hungry for energy. Plant oils in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG) are one of the
most reduced storage forms of carbon found in nature and hence represent an excellent …