Revisão Revisado por pares

Triglyceride synthesis: insights from the cloning of diacylglycerol acyltransferase

2000; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 11; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00041433-200006000-00002

ISSN

1473-6535

Autores

Robert V. Farese, Sylvaine Cases, Steven J. Smith,

Tópico(s)

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Resumo

Although the biochemistry of triglyceride synthesis has been studied for decades, an understanding of the molecular processes involved has been lacking. The recent cloning of a gene encoding acyl coenzyme A : diacylglycerol acyltransferase, an enzyme that catalyses the final step in triglyceride synthesis, has opened this area to molecular investigation and has begun to provide new insights into triglyceride metabolism.

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