Characterization and engineering of a dual-function diacylglycerol acyltransferase in the oleaginous marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Producing Designer Oils in Industrial Microalgae by Rational Modulation of Co-evolving Type-2 Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases

(2017) Yi Xin et al.   Molecular Plant

Lipid production in Nannochloropsis gaditana is doubled by decreasing expression of a single transcriptional regulator

(2017) Imad Ajjawi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A customized contamination controlling approach for culturing oleaginous Nannochloropsis oceanica

(2017) Qinhua Gan et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Characterization of type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferases inChlamydomonas reinhardtiireveals their distinct substrate specificities and functions in triacylglycerol biosynthesis

(2016) Jin Liu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Phytohormones in microalgae: a new opportunity for microalgal biotechnology?

(2015) Yandu Lu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Regulation of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and its integration with fatty acid biosynthesis in the oleaginous microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica

(2014) Yandu Lu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Wax esters of different compositions produced via engineering of leaf chloroplast metabolism in Nicotiana benthamiana

(2014) Selcuk Aslan et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Enhancement of extraplastidic oil synthesis inChlamydomonas reinhardtiiusing a type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase with a phosphorus starvation-inducible promoter

(2014) Masako Iwai et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Antagonistic roles of abscisic acid and cytokinin during response to nitrogen depletion in oleaginous microalgaNannochloropsis oceanicaexpand the evolutionary breadth of phytohormone function

(2014) Yandu Lu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Nannochloropsis Genomes Reveal Evolution of Microalgal Oleaginous Traits

(2014) Dongmei Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics

Use of Limited Proteolysis and Mutagenesis To Identify Folding Domains and Sequence Motifs Critical for Wax Ester Synthase/Acyl Coenzyme A:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Activity

(2013) Juan A. Villa et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microalgal biomass production pathways: evaluation of life cycle environmental impacts

(2013) George G Zaimes et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Synergistic effect of WRI1 and DGAT1 coexpression on triacylglycerol biosynthesis in plants

(2013) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   FEBS LETTERS

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

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

Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Negatively and Positively Regulated by Calcium, Providing a Mechanism for Decoding Calcium Responses during Symbiosis Signaling

(2013) J. B. Miller et al.   PLANT CELL

Altered Lipid Composition and Enhanced Nutritional Value of Arabidopsis Leaves following Introduction of an Algal Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2

(2013) Sanjaya et al.   PLANT CELL

Activities of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) and phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT) in microsomal preparations of developing sunflower and safflower seeds

(2013) Walentyna Banaś et al.   PLANTA

Functional expression and characterization of five wax ester synthases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their utility for biodiesel production

(2012) Shuobo Shi et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Three Acyltransferases and Nitrogen-responsive Regulator Are Implicated in Nitrogen Starvation-induced Triacylglycerol Accumulation inChlamydomonas

(2012) Nanette R. Boyle et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A look at diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs) in algae

(2012) Jit Ern Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic engineering of plant oils and waxes for use as industrial feedstocks

(2012) Thomas Vanhercke et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A Galactoglycerolipid Lipase Is Required for Triacylglycerol Accumulation and Survival Following Nitrogen Deprivation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2012) X. Li et al.   PLANT CELL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cloning and molecular characterization of a novel acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1-like gene (PtDGAT1) from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2011) Freddy Guihéneuf et al.   FEBS Journal

Functional and Topological Analysis of Yeast Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2, an Endoplasmic Reticulum Enzyme Essential for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis

(2011) Qin Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Increasing the energy density of vegetative tissues by diverting carbon from starch to oil biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2011)   Sanjaya et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Methyl jasmonate- or gibberellins A3-induced astaxanthin accumulation is associated with up-regulation of transcription of β-carotene ketolase genes (bkts) in microalga Haematococcus pluvialis

(2010) Yandu Lu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of a Stress-Dependent Plastidial Δ12 Fatty Acid Desaturase from the Antarctic Microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7

(2010) Yandu Lu et al.   LIPIDS

Chlamydomonas starchless mutant defective in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase hyper-accumulates triacylglycerol

(2010) Yantao Li et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Identification and characterization of an acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) gene from the microalga O. tauri

(2010) Martin Wagner et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular cloning and stress-dependent expression of a gene encoding Δ12-fatty acid desaturase in the Antarctic microalga Chlorella vulgaris NJ-7

(2009) Yandu Lu et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

DGAT1 and PDAT1 Acyltransferases Have Overlapping Functions in Arabidopsis Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis and Are Essential for Normal Pollen and Seed Development

(2009) M. Zhang et al.   PLANT CELL