Identification of a Chlamydomonas plastidial 2‐lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase and its use to engineer microalgae with increased oil content
Yamaoka Y, Achard D, Jang S, Legéret B, Kamisuki S, Ko D, Schulz‐Raffelt M, Kim Y, Song W, Nishida I, Li‐Beisson Y, Lee Y. Identification of a Chlamydomonas plastidial 2‐lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase and its use to engineer microalgae with increased oil content. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2016, 14: 2158-2167. PMID: 27133096, PMCID: PMC5096022, DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid acyltransferaseNitrogen-deficient conditionsOil contentPlastid membranesBiosynthetic pathwayStorage lipidsBiosynthetic processesReinhardtii cellsMicroalgal oil productionMolecular toolsSn-2 positionEnzyme assaysAlgal lipidsPhosphatidic acidCommon precursorMicroalgaeAcyltransferaseCoAMembranePlastidsLPAATChlamydomonasReinhardtiiLipidsGenes