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Lipid Metabolism in Plants

Plants, 2020
In plants, lipids function in a variety of ways. Lipids are a major component of biological membranes and are used as a compact energy source for seed germination.
Hyun Uk Kim
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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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Structural Basis for the Acyltransferase Activity of Lecithin:Retinol Acyltransferase-like Proteins [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012
Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase-like proteins, also referred to as HRAS-like tumor suppressors, comprise a vertebrate subfamily of papain-like or NlpC/P60 thiol proteases that function as phospholipid-metabolizing enzymes. HRAS-like tumor suppressor 3, a representative member of this group, plays a key role in regulating triglyceride accumulation and ...
Marcin, Golczak, Philip D, Kiser, Avery E, Sears, David T, Lodowski, William S, Blaner, Krzysztof, Palczewski   +5 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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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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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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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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Acyltransferases in Protease’s Clothing [PDF]

The Plant Cell, 2000
One of the most intriguing questions in plant secondary metabolism concerns the evolution of the genes required for the rapid diversification of plant chemistry. In particular, the mechanisms are beginning to be understood by which evolution recruits primary and intermediary metabolism genes ...
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Characterisation of two alcohol acyltransferases from kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) reveals distinct substrate preferences. [PDF]

, 2011
Volatile esters are key compounds of kiwifruit flavour and are formed by alcohol acyltransferases that belong to the BAHD acyltransferase superfamily.
Souleyre, Edwige J. F., Newcomb, Richard, Chervin, Christian, Marsh, Ken, Christian Chervin, Richard D. Newcomb, Edwige J.F. Souleyre, Marsh, Ken B., Catrin S. Günther, Günther, Catrin S., Newcomb, Richard D., Souleyre, Edwige J.F., Günther, Catrin, Ken B. Marsh   +13 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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