2018
Endoplasmic reticulum acyltransferase with prokaryotic substrate preference contributes to triacylglycerol assembly in Chlamydomonas
Kim Y, Terng EL, Riekhof WR, Cahoon EB, Cerutti H. Endoplasmic reticulum acyltransferase with prokaryotic substrate preference contributes to triacylglycerol assembly in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 1652-1657. PMID: 29382746, PMCID: PMC5816170, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715922115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnicellular green algaEndoplasmic reticulum membraneLysophosphatidic acid acyltransferaseChloroplastic pathwayPrecursor biosynthesisTAG precursorsNitrogen deprivationTriacylglycerol assemblyAssembly pathwayGreen algaTAG accumulationAcid acyltransferaseAcyl donor substratesReticulum membraneBiomaterial productionDonor substrateChlamydomonasTriacylglycerol metabolismPalmitoyl-CoAAcyltransferasePathwayMajor roleBiosynthesisAlgaRNA
2017
A multidomain enzyme, with glycerol‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities, is involved in a chloroplastic pathway for glycerol synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Morales‐Sánchez D, Kim Y, Terng EL, Peterson L, Cerutti H. A multidomain enzyme, with glycerol‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphatase activities, is involved in a chloroplastic pathway for glycerol synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant Journal 2017, 90: 1079-1092. PMID: 28273364, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidomain enzymeNitrogen deprivationPhosphatase activityGreen alga C.Dihydroxyacetone phosphateGlycerol synthesisGlycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenaseHigh salinityCore chlorophytesPhosphatase motifPlastid pathwayChloroplastic pathwayAlgal speciesDehydrogenase domainChlamydomonas reinhardtiiChlamydomonas cellsMembrane glycerolipidsHyperosmotic stressCompatible solutesTAG accumulationBifunctional enzymeAlgal metabolismHypertonic stressFusion proteinTriacylglycerol accumulation