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A galactoglycerolipid lipase is required for triacylglycerol accumulation and survival following nitrogen deprivation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
The Plant cell - 1 Nov 2012
Li Xiaobo, Moellering Eric R, Liu Bensheng, Johnny Cassandra, Fedewa Marie, Sears Barbara B, Kuo Min-Hao, Benning Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Following N deprivation, microalgae accumulate triacylglycerols (TAGs). To gain mechanistic insights into this phenomenon, we identified mutants with reduced TAG content following N deprivation in the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. In one of the mutants, the disruption of a galactoglycerolipid lipase-encoding gene, designated PLASTID GALACTOGLYCEROLIPID DEGRADATION1 (PGD1), was responsible for the primary...
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