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