[HTML][HTML] Microalgae for the production of lipid and carotenoids: a review with focus on stress regulation and adaptation

XM Sun, LJ Ren, QY Zhao, XJ Ji, H Huang - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Microalgae have drawn great attention as promising sustainable source of lipids and
carotenoids. Their lipid and carotenoids accumulation machinery can be trigged by the …

The lipid biochemistry of eukaryotic algae

Y Li-Beisson, JJ Thelen, E Fedosejevs… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Algal lipid metabolism fascinates both scientists and entrepreneurs due to the large diversity
of fatty acyl structures that algae produce. Algae have therefore long been studied as …

JGI Plant Gene Atlas: an updateable transcriptome resource to improve functional gene descriptions across the plant kingdom

A Sreedasyam, C Plott, MS Hossain… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Gene functional descriptions offer a crucial line of evidence for candidate genes underlying
trait variation. Conversely, plant responses to environmental cues represent important …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of potential oleaginous microorganisms and their role in biodiesel and omega-3 fatty acid-based industries

A Patel, D Karageorgou, E Rova, P Katapodis, U Rova… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are known to be natural oil producers in their cellular compartments.
Microorganisms that accumulate more than 20% w/w of lipids on a cell dry weight basis are …

Fuelling the future: microbial engineering for the production of sustainable biofuels

JC Liao, L Mi, S Pontrelli, S Luo - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Global climate change linked to the accumulation of greenhouse gases has caused
concerns regarding the use of fossil fuels as the major energy source. To mitigate climate …

PhycoCosm, a comparative algal genomics resource

IV Grigoriev, RD Hayes, S Calhoun… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Algae are a diverse, polyphyletic group of photosynthetic eukaryotes spanning nearly all
eukaryotic lineages of life and collectively responsible for∼ 50% of photosynthesis on Earth …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid droplets: packing hydrophobic molecules within the aqueous cytoplasm

A Guzha, P Whitehead, T Ischebeck… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Lipid droplets, also known as oil bodies or lipid bodies, are plant organelles that
compartmentalize neutral lipids as a hydrophobic matrix covered by proteins embedded in a …

[HTML][HTML] Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

G Chen, JL Harwood, MJ Lemieux, SJ Stone… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

An Indexed, Mapped Mutant Library Enables Reverse Genetics Studies of Biological Processes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

X Li, R Zhang, W Patena, SS Gang, SR Blum… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a leading unicellular model for dissecting
biological processes in photosynthetic eukaryotes. However, its usefulness has been limited …

[HTML][HTML] High lipid induction in microalgae for biodiesel production

KK Sharma, H Schuhmann, PM Schenk - Energies, 2012 - mdpi.com
Oil-accumulating microalgae have the potential to enable large-scale biodiesel production
without competing for arable land or biodiverse natural landscapes. High lipid productivity of …