Plant lipid droplets and their associated proteins: potential for rapid advances

AHC Huang - Plant physiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) of neutral lipids (triacylglycerols [TAGs], sterylesters, etc.)
are reserves of high-energy metabolites and other constituents for future needs. They are …

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 …

LDIP cooperates with SEIPIN and LDAP to facilitate lipid droplet biogenesis in Arabidopsis

M Pyc, SK Gidda, D Seay, N Esnay… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) are evolutionarily conserved organelles that store neutral
lipids and play critical roles in plant growth, development, and stress responses. However …

PUX10 is a lipid droplet-localized scaffold protein that interacts with CELL DIVISION CYCLE48 and is involved in the degradation of lipid droplet proteins

FK Kretzschmar, LA Mengel, AO Müller, K Schmitt… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The number of known proteins associated with plant lipid droplets (LDs) is small compared
with other organelles. Many aspects of LD biosynthesis and degradation are unknown, and …

The new face of the lipid droplet: lipid droplet proteins

C Zhang, P Liu - Proteomics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The lipid droplet (LD) is an organelle with vital functions found in nearly all organisms. LD
proteomic research has provided fundamentally important insights into this organelle's …

Degradation of lipid droplets in plants and algae—right time, many paths, one goal

K Zienkiewicz, A Zienkiewicz - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In eukaryotic cells, lipids in the form of triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major reservoir of
cellular carbon and energy. These TAGs are packed into specialized organelles called lipid …

Lipid droplet motility and organelle contacts

MD Kilwein, MA Welte - Contact, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) are fat storage organelles integral to energy homeostasis and a wide
range of cellular processes. LDs physically and functionally interact with many partner …

Molecular machinery of lipid droplet degradation and turnover in plants

Z Qin, T Wang, Y Zhao, C Ma, Q Shao - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) are important organelles conserved across eukaryotes with a
fascinating biogenesis and consumption cycle. Recent intensive research has focused on …

SEIPIN isoforms interact with the membrane-tethering protein VAP27-1 for lipid droplet formation

MS Greer, Y Cai, SK Gidda, N Esnay… - Plant Cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SEIPIN proteins are localized to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–lipid droplet (LD) junctions
where they mediate the directional formation of LDs into the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells …

Touch and go: membrane contact sites between lipid droplets and other organelles

PC Liao, EJ Yang, T Borgman, IR Boldogh… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) have emerged not just as storage sites for lipids but as central
regulators of metabolism and organelle quality control. These critical functions are achieved …