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Acyltransferases in Bacteria [PDF]

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2013
SUMMARY Long-chain-length hydrophobic acyl residues play a vital role in a multitude of essential biological structures and processes. They build the inner hydrophobic layers of biological membranes, are converted to intracellular storage compounds, and are used to modify protein properties or function as membrane anchors, to name only a few ...
Annika, Röttig, Alexander, Steinbüchel
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slr2103, a homolog of type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes, for plastoquinone-related neutral lipid synthesis and NaCl-stress acclimatization in a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
A cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, contains a lipid with triacylglycerol-like TLC mobility but its identity and physiological roles remain unknown. Here, on ESI-positive LC-MS2 analysis, it is shown that the triacylglycerol-like lipid (lipid X)
Mimari Kondo, Motohide Aoki, Kazuho Hirai, Taku Sagami, Ryo Ito, Mikio Tsuzuki, Norihiro Sato   +6 more
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Glycine acylation and trafficking of a new class of bacterial lipoprotein by a composite secretion system

eLife, 2021
Protein acylation is critical for many cellular functions across all domains of life. In bacteria, lipoproteins have important roles in virulence and are targets for the development of antimicrobials and vaccines. Bacterial lipoproteins are secreted from
Christopher Icke, Freya J Hodges, Karthik Pullela, Samantha A McKeand, Jack Alfred Bryant, Adam F Cunningham, Jeff A Cole, Ian R Henderson   +7 more
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Homeoviscous Adaptation of the Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane: Alteration of Lipooligosaccharide Structure during Cold Stress

mBio, 2021
To maintain optimal membrane dynamics, cells from all domains of life must acclimate to various environmental signals in a process referred to as homeoviscous adaptation.
Carmen M. Herrera, Bradley J. Voss, M. Stephen Trent   +2 more
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The Very Long Chain Fatty Acid (C26:25OH) Linked to the Lipid A Is Important for the Fitness of the Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strain ORS278 and the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
In rhizobium strains, the lipid A is modified by the addition of a very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) shown to play an important role in rigidification of the outer membrane, thereby facilitating their dual life cycle, outside and inside the plant.
Nicolas Busset, Flaviana Di Lorenzo, Angelo Palmigiano, Luisa Sturiale, Frederic Gressent, Joël Fardoux, Djamel Gully, Clémence Chaintreuil, Antonio Molinaro, Alba Silipo, Eric Giraud   +10 more
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Recent Research Progress in Taxol Biosynthetic Pathway and Acylation Reactions Mediated by Taxus Acyltransferases

Molecules, 2021
Taxol is one of the most effective anticancer drugs in the world that is widely used in the treatments of breast, lung and ovarian cancer. The elucidation of the taxol biosynthetic pathway is the key to solve the problem of taxol supply.
Tao Wang, Lingyu Li, Weibing Zhuang, Fengjiao Zhang, Xiaochun Shu, Ning Wang, Zhong Wang   +6 more
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Chemical Synthesis of Trans 8-Methyl-6-Nonenoyl-CoA and Functional Expression Unravel Capsaicin Synthase Activity Encoded by the Pun1 Locus

Molecules, 2022
Capsaicin, produced by diverse Capsicum species, is among the world’s most popular spices and of considerable pharmaceutical relevance. Although the capsaicinoid biosynthetic pathway has been investigated for decades, several biosynthetic steps have ...
Raika Milde, Arianne Schnabel, Toni Ditfe, Wolfgang Hoehenwarter, Carsten Proksch, Bernhard Westermann, Thomas Vogt   +6 more
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Sex differences in plasma cholesterol-esterifying activity in rats

Journal of Lipid Research, 1967
Esterification of free cholesterol was investigated after incubation at 37°C of plasma from immature and adult rats of both sexes kept on stock, fat-free, or cholesterol-supplemented diets.
Lilla Aftergood, Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater
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Expression of mouse MGAT in Arabidopsis results in increased lipid accumulation in seeds

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015
Worldwide demand for vegetable oil is projected to double within the next thirty years due to increasing food, fuel and industrial requirements. There is therefore great interest in metabolic engineering strategies that boost oil accumulation in plant ...
Anna eEl Tahchy, Anna eEl Tahchy, James Robertson Petrie, James Robertson Petrie, Pushkar eShrestha, Pushkar eShrestha, Thomas eVanhercke, Thomas eVanhercke, Surinder eSingh, Surinder eSingh   +9 more
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Rational Design for Enhanced Acyltransferase Activity in Water Catalyzed by the Pyrobaculum calidifontis VA1 Esterase

Microorganisms, 2021
Biocatalytic transesterification is commonly carried out employing lipases in anhydrous organic solvents since hydrolases usually prefer hydrolysis over acyl transfer in bulk water.
Amanda Staudt, Henrik Terholsen, Jasmin Kaur, Henrik Müller, Simon P. Godehard, Ivaldo Itabaiana, Ivana C. R. Leal, Uwe T. Bornscheuer   +7 more
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