2023
Lipid Sorting and Organelle Identity.
Kim Y, Burd C. Lipid Sorting and Organelle Identity. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Biology 2023, 15: a041397. PMID: 37487627, PMCID: PMC10547387, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041397.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsTrafficking of lipidsSynthesis of sphingolipidsLipid transfer proteinOrganelle identityMembrane traffickingOrganelle homeostasisSoluble lipid transfer proteinsBulk membrane propertiesOrganelle functionGolgi networkLipid sortingNet membrane chargeOrganelle membranesPlasma membraneEndoplasmic reticulumParticular lipidsOrganellesTransfer proteinLeaflet asymmetryEssential roleBulk membraneCholesterol fluxTraffickingMembraneSecretory
2016
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