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The Cell Biology of Neutral Lipid Synthesis and Storage
Author(s) -
Walther Tobias
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.104.2
Subject(s) - organelle , lipid droplet , chemistry , cytoplasm , biochemistry , cell , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Neutral lipids, such as triacylglycerides, are stored by organisms as precursor for membrane components and as compact reservoirs of metabolic energy. Within cells, neutral lipids are packaged into cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs). In these organelles, the core of neutral lipids is bounded by a monolayer of phospholipids into which a set of specific proteins are integrated. Here, we discuss the mechanisms on neutral lipid synthesis and how cells package to resulting triacylglycerides into LDs.