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Influence of squalene on lipid particle/droplet and membrane organization in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2012
Spanova Miroslava, Zweytick Dagmar, Lohner Karl, Klug Lisa, Leitner Erich, Hermetter Albin, Daum Günther
Abstract excerpt
In a previous study (Spanova et al., 2010, J. Biol. Chem., 285, 6127-6133) we demonstrated that squalene, an intermediate of sterol biosynthesis, accumulates in yeast strains bearing a deletion of the HEM1 gene. In such strains, the vast majority of squalene is stored in lipid particles/droplets together with triacylglycerols and steryl esters. In mutants lacking the ability to form lipid particles, however,...
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