Molecular characterization of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase reveals key features essential for triacylglycerol production in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Enhanced seed oil content by overexpressing genes related to triacylglyceride synthesis

(2015) Fang Liu et al.   GENE

Cloning and characterization of a GPAT-like gene from the microalga Lobosphaera incisa (Trebouxiophyceae): overexpression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii enhances TAG production

(2015) Umidjon Iskandarov et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Genetic improvement of the microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum for boosting neutral lipid accumulation

(2015) Jiao Xue et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Cloning, heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of plastidial sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase from Helianthus annuus

(2015) Miriam Payá-Milans et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Glycerol and neutral lipid production in the oleaginous marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum promoted by overexpression of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

(2014) Yao Yao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Membrane Glycerolipid Remodeling Triggered by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Starvation inPhaeodactylum tricornutum

(2014) Heni Abida et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Edible oils from microalgae: insights in TAG accumulation

(2014) A.J. Klok et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genome engineering empowers the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for biotechnology

(2014) Fayza Daboussi et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neutral lipid accumulation in diatom following nitrogen deprivation

(2013) Zhi-Kai Yang et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Transcriptome analysis reveals unique C4-like photosynthesis and oil body formation in an arachidonic acid-rich microalga Myrmecia incisa Reisigl H4301

(2013) Long-Ling Ouyang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification and characterization of PtDGAT2B, an acyltransferase of the DGAT2 acyl-Coenzyme A: Diacylglycerol acyltransferase family in the diatomPhaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Yangmin Gong et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Cloning and characterization of a novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Yulin Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Improvement of Neutral Lipid and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis by Overexpressing a Type 2 Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase in Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Ying-Fang Niu et al.   Marine Drugs

In Search of Actionable Targets for Agrigenomics and Microalgal Biofuel Production: Sequence-Structural Diversity Studies on Algal and Higher Plants with a Focus on GPAT Protein

(2013) Namrata Misra et al.   OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

Characterization of microalga Chlorella as a fuel and its thermogravimetric behavior

(2012) Andrea Maria Rizzo et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Biodiesel from microalgae: A critical evaluation from laboratory to large scale production

(2012) I. Rawat et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

The modification of plant oil composition via metabolic engineering-better nutrition by design

(2012) Richard P. Haslam et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A Land-Plant-Specific Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase Family in Arabidopsis: Substrate Specificity, sn-2 Preference, and Evolution

(2012) W. Yang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

TAG, You’re it! Chlamydomonas as a reference organism for understanding algal triacylglycerol accumulation

(2011) Sabeeha S Merchant et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A chloroplast pathway for the de novo biosynthesis of triacylglycerol inChlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2011) Jilian Fan et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Hydrophobic-Domain-Dependent Protein-Protein Interactions Mediate the Localization of GPAT Enzymes to ER Subdomains

(2011) Satinder K. Gidda et al.   TRAFFIC

Overlap extension PCR cloning: a simple and reliable way to create recombinant plasmids

(2010) Anton Bryksin et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

New biofuel questions

(2010) Nigel Williams   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Biofuel Production

(2010) Randor Radakovits et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Expression and regulation of GPAT isoforms in cultured human keratinocytes and rodent epidermis

(2010) Biao Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Enhancement of lipid production using biochemical, genetic and transcription factor engineering approaches

(2009) Noémie Manuelle Dorval Courchesne et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Arabidopsis thaliana GPAT8 and GPAT9 are localized to the ER and possess distinct ER retrieval signals: Functional divergence of the dilysine ER retrieval motif in plant cells

(2009) Satinder K. Gidda et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Identification of a novelsn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase isoform, GPAT4, as the enzyme deficient inAgpat6−/−mice

(2008) Cynthia A. Nagle et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances

(2008) Qiang Hu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Effects of the herbicide bentazon on growth and photosystem II maximum quantum yield of the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum

(2007) R.S. Macedo et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO