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Nature Communications, 2022 Approaches for manipulating individual organelles are important for learning more about their functions. Here the authors report a tool utilising phospholipase A/acyltransferases (PLAATs) for rapid defunctionalisation of organelles through remodelling of
Satoshi Watanabe +6 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 1971 Isolated mitochondria cannot synthesize their own phospholipids, there is only an exchange between exogenous and mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acids.
MARIE-THÉRÈSE SAUNER, MARIANNE LÉVY
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Enhancing microRNA167A expression in seed decreases the α-linolenic acid content and increases seed size in Camelina sativa. [PDF]
, 2019 Despite well established roles of microRNAs in plant development, few aspects have been addressed to understand their effects in seeds especially on lipid metabolism.
Grabowski, Paul +4 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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MOGAT2: A New Therapeutic Target for Metabolic Syndrome
Diseases, 2015 Metabolic syndrome is an ever-increasing health problem among the world’s population. It is a group of intertwined maladies that includes obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and diabetes mellitus type II
Muhua Yang, Joseph T. Nickels
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Cancer therapy-induced PAFR ligand expression: any role for caspase activity? [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
G Ichim +7 more
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Acyltransferases as Tools for Polyketide Synthase Engineering
Antibiotics, 2018 Polyketides belong to the most valuable natural products, including diverse bioactive compounds, such as antibiotics, anticancer drugs, antifungal agents, immunosuppressants and others.
Ewa Maria Musiol-Kroll +1 more
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The TriForC database : a comprehensive up-to-date resource of plant triterpene biosynthesis [PDF]
, 2018 Triterpenes constitute a large and important class of plant natural products with diverse structures and functions. Their biological roles range from membrane structural components over plant hormones to specialized plant defence compounds.
Bak, Soren +8 more
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Identification and characterization of piperine synthase from black pepper, Piper nigrum L.
Communications Biology, 2021 Schnabel et al. identify and characterize piperine synthase in developing black pepper fruits which catalyses the formation of piperine from piperoyl coenzyme A and piperidine.
Arianne Schnabel +5 more
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COSY catalyses trans-cis isomerization and lactonization in the biosynthesis of coumarins [PDF]
, 2019 Coumarins, also known as 1,2-benzopyrones, comprise a large class of secondary metabolites that are ubiquitously found throughout the plant kingdom.
Boerjan, Wout +15 more
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