[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 …

DAG tales: the multiple faces of diacylglycerol—stereochemistry, metabolism, and signaling

TO Eichmann, A Lass - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
The neutral lipids diacylglycerols (DAGs) are involved in a plethora of metabolic pathways.
They function as components of cellular membranes, as building blocks for glycero …

[HTML][HTML] The triglyceride synthesis enzymes DGAT1 and DGAT2 have distinct and overlap** functions in adipocytes

C Chitraju, TC Walther, RV Farese Jr - Journal of lipid research, 2019 - Elsevier
Mammals store metabolic energy as triacylglycerols (TGs) in adipose tissue. TG synthesis is
catalyzed by the evolutionarily unrelated acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) …

Role of DGAT enzymes in triacylglycerol metabolism

B Bhatt-Wessel, TW Jordan, JH Miller, L Peng - Archives of biochemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
The esterification of a fatty acyl moiety to diacylglycerol to form triacylglycerol (TAG) is
catalysed by two diacylglycerol O-acyltransferases (DGATs) encoded by genes belonging to …

Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology

Q Liu, RMP Siloto, R Lehner, SJ Stone… - Progress in lipid …, 2012 - Elsevier
Triacylglycerol (TG) is a storage lipid which serves as an energy reservoir and a source of
signalling molecules and substrates for membrane biogenesis. TG is essential for many …

A negative-solvatochromic fluorescent probe for visualizing intracellular distributions of fatty acid metabolites

K Kajiwara, H Osaki, S Greßies, K Kuwata… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic distribution of fatty acid to organelles is an essential biological process for energy
homeostasis as well as for the maintenance of membrane integrity, and the metabolic …

Structure and mechanism of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1

L Wang, H Qian, Y Nian, Y Han, Z Ren, H Zhang, L Hu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) synthesizes triacylglycerides and is
required for dietary fat absorption and fat storage in humans. DGAT1 belongs to the …

The life cycle of lipid droplets

HF Hashemi, JM Goodman - Current opinion in cell biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Proteomic studies have revealed many potential functions of cytoplasmic lipid droplets, and
recent activity has confirmed that these bona fide organelles are central not only for lipid …

How lipid droplets “TAG” along: Glycerolipid synthetic enzymes and lipid storage

H Wang, MV Airola, K Reue - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell …, 2017 - Elsevier
Triacylglycerols (TAG) serve as the predominant form of energy storage in mammalian cells,
and TAG synthesis influences conditions such as obesity, fatty liver, and insulin resistance …

Intestinal triacylglycerol synthesis in fat absorption and systemic energy metabolism

CLE Yen, DW Nelson, MI Yen - Journal of lipid research, 2015 - ASBMB
The intestine plays a prominent role in the biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (triglyceride; TAG).
Digested dietary TAG is repackaged in the intestine to form the hydrophobic core of …