Engineering increased triacylglycerol accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a modified type 1 plant diacylglycerol acyltransferase

Overexpression of the active diacylglycerol acyltransferase variant transforms Saccharomyces cerevisiae into an oleaginous yeast

(2013) Yasushi Kamisaka et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolic engineering for enhanced fatty acids synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2013) Xiaoling Tang et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of fatty acid-derived biofuels and chemicals

(2013) Weerawat Runguphan et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Advancing oleaginous microorganisms to produce lipid via metabolic engineering technology

(2013) Ming-Hua Liang et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

The N-End Rule Pathway

(2012) Takafumi Tasaki et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Development of aSaccharomyces cerevisiaestrain for increasing the accumulation of triacylglycerol as a microbial oil feedstock for biodiesel production using glycerol as a substrate

(2012) Kyung Ok Yu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Engineering the push and pull of lipid biosynthesis in oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for biofuel production

(2012) Mitchell Tai et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

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

Influence of Feedstock: Air Pollution and Climate-Related Emissions from a Diesel Generator Operating on Soybean, Canola, and Yellow Grease Biodiesel

(2011) Leila G. Lackey et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

The N-end rule pathway: emerging functions and molecular principles of substrate recognition

(2011) Shashikanth M. Sriram et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Activation of diacylglycerol acyltransferase expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: overexpression of Dga1p lacking the N-terminal region in the ∆snf2 disruptant produces a significant increase in its enzyme activity

(2010) Yasushi Kamisaka et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Topological Orientation of Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase-1 (DGAT1) and Identification of a Putative Active Site Histidine and the Role of the N Terminus in Dimer/Tetramer Formation

(2010) Pamela J. McFie et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

DGAT1, DGAT2 and PDAT Expression in Seeds and Other Tissues of Epoxy and Hydroxy Fatty Acid Accumulating Plants

(2010) Runzhi Li et al.   LIPIDS

Addition of an N-terminal epitope tag significantly increases the activity of plant fatty acid desaturases expressed in yeast cells

(2009) Jami B. O’Quin et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

Tobacco as a production platform for biofuel: overexpression ofArabidopsis DGATandLEC2genes increases accumulation and shifts the composition of lipids in green biomass

(2009) Vyacheslav Andrianov et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Directed evolution of acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Development and characterization of Brassica napus DGAT1 mutagenized libraries

(2009) Rodrigo M.P. Siloto et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Perspectives of microbial oils for biodiesel production

(2008) Qiang Li et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

An N-terminal fragment of mouse DGAT1 binds different acyl-CoAs with varying affinity

(2008) Rodrigo M.P. Siloto et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Cloning and functional analysis of two type 1 diacylglycerol acyltransferases from Vernonia galamensis

(2008) Keshun Yu et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Plant triacylglycerols as feedstocks for the production of biofuels

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

Standardized gene nomenclature for the Brassica genus

(2008) Lars Østergaard et al.   Plant Methods