A Novel Assay of DGAT Activity Based on High Temperature GC/MS of Triacylglycerol

AtDGAT2 is a functional acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase and displays different acyl-CoA substrate preferences than AtDGAT1

(2013) Xue-Rong Zhou et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Phospholipid:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Is a Multifunctional Enzyme Involved in Membrane Lipid Turnover and Degradation While Synthesizing Triacylglycerol in the Unicellular Green Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2012) K. Yoon et al.   PLANT CELL

A Cytosolic Acyltransferase Contributes to Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Sucrose-Rescued Arabidopsis Seed Oil Catabolism Mutants

(2012) M. L. Hernandez et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology

(2012) Qin Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

Dietary Triacylglycerol Structure and Its Role in Infant Nutrition

(2012) Sheila M. Innis   Advances in Nutrition

Evolutionary view of acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), a key enzyme in neutral lipid biosynthesis

(2011) Andreia C Turchetto-Zolet et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Targeting Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) with Small Molecule Inhibitors for the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases

(2011) Jingsong Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A fluorescent assay to quantitatively measure in vitro acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity

(2011) Pamela J. McFie et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Modifications of the metabolic pathways of lipid and triacylglycerol production in microalgae

(2011) Wei-Luen Yu et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

High-content assays for evaluating cellular and hepatic diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity

(2010) Jenson Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Application of selected ion monitoring to the analysis of triacylglycerols in olive oil by high temperature-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

(2010) C. Ruiz-Samblás et al.   TALANTA

Increasing the flow of carbon into seed oil

(2009) Randall J. Weselake et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Molecular modification of triacylglycerol accumulation by over-expression of DGAT1 to produce canola with increased seed oil content under field conditionsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada – Plant Biotechnology Institute.

(2009) David C. Taylor et al.   Botany

Simple Methods to Detect Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in a Yeast-Based Recombinant System

(2009) Rodrigo M. P. Siloto et al.   LIPIDS

A simple homogeneous scintillation proximity assay for acyl-coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase

(2008) Ramakrishna Seethala et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Multiple Pathways for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor

(2008) A. Arabolaza et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of the interaction between the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia and its Drosophila host

(2008) Zhiyong Xi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Metabolic control analysis is helpful for informed genetic manipulation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) to increase seed oil content

(2008) Randall J. Weselake et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Validation of Diacyl Glycerolacyltransferase I as a Novel Target for the Treatment of Obesity and Dyslipidemia Using a Potent and Selective Small Molecule Inhibitor

(2008) Gang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

High-value oils from plants

(2008) John M. Dyer et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plant triacylglycerols as feedstocks for the production of biofuels

(2008) Timothy P. Durrett et al.   PLANT JOURNAL