AtABCA9 transporter supplies fatty acids for lipid synthesis to the endoplasmic reticulum

S Kim, Y Yamaoka, H Ono, H Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Fatty acids, the building blocks of biological lipids, are synthesized in plastids and then
transported to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for assimilation into specific lipid classes. The …

Two plastid fatty acid exporters contribute to seed oil accumulation in Arabidopsis

N Li, H Meng, S Li, Z Zhang, X Zhao, S Wang… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major storage form of seed oil in oilseed plants. They are
biosynthesized de novo in seed plastids and then transported into the endoplasmic …

FAX1, a novel membrane protein mediating plastid fatty acid export

N Li, IL Gügel, P Giavalisco, V Zeisler, L Schreiber… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Fatty acid synthesis in plants occurs in plastids, and thus, export for subsequent acyl editing
and lipid assembly in the cytosol and endoplasmatic reticulum is required. Yet, the transport …

A cytosolic acyltransferase contributes to triacylglycerol synthesis in sucrose-rescued Arabidopsis seed oil catabolism mutants

ML Hernández, L Whitehead, Z He, V Gazda… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Triacylglycerol (TAG) levels and oil bodies persist in sucrose (Suc)-rescued Arabidopsis
(Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings disrupted in seed oil catabolism. This study set out to …

[HTML][HTML] Arabidopsis ACBP3 is an extracellularly targeted acyl-CoA-binding protein

KC Leung, HY Li, S Xiao, MH Tse, ML Chye - Planta, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Cytosolic 10-kDa acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) function in the storage and
intracellular transport of acyl-CoA esters in eukaryotes. Fatty acids synthesized de novo in …

Acyl editing and headgroup exchange are the major mechanisms that direct polyunsaturated fatty acid flux into triacylglycerols

PD Bates, A Fatihi, AR Snapp, AS Carlsson… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Triacylglycerols (TAG) in seeds of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and many plant
species contain large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). These PUFA are …

Disruption of the FATB Gene in Arabidopsis Demonstrates an Essential Role of Saturated Fatty Acids in Plant Growth

G Bonaventure, JJ Salas, MR Pollard… - The Plant …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterases determine the amount and type of fatty acids that are
exported from the plastids. To better understand the role of the FATB class of acyl-acyl …

Seed-specific overexpression of AtFAX1 increases seed oil content in Arabidopsis

Y Tian, X Lv, G Xie, J Zhang, Y Xu, F Chen - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biosynthesis of plant seed oil is accomplished through the coordinate action of multiple
enzymes in multiple subcellular compartments. Fatty acid (FA) has to be transported from …

Transport and transcriptional regulation of oil production in plants

S Manan, B Chen, G She, X Wan… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Triacylglycerol (TAG) serves as an energy reservoir and phospholipids as build blocks of
biomembrane to support plant life. They also provide human with foods and nutrients. Multi …

ACBP4 and ACBP5, novel Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins with kelch motifs that bind oleoyl-CoA

KC Leung, HY Li, G Mishra, ML Chye - Plant Molecular Biology, 2005 - Springer
In plants, fatty acids synthesized in the chloroplasts are exported as acyl-CoA esters to the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Cytosolic 10-kDa acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) …