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. 2012 Nov 15;8(11):e1003064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003064

Figure 7. Lipid assembly and modification.

Figure 7

(A) Proposed pathway of desaturation and elongation of fatty acyl chains in the ER of Nannochloropsis. EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid (B) Proposed plastid (green) and ER (lilac) pathway and genes putatively involved in the synthesis of TAG in Nannochloropsis. Numbers indicate count of putative genes identified. Number of ER acyltransferases cannot be assigned unambiguously, multiple candidate genes are listed in Table S13. G3P, glycerol-3-phosphate, LPA, lysophosphatidic acid, PA, phosphatidic acid, MAG, monoacylglycerol, DAG, diacylglycerol, TAG, triacylglycerol, PL, polar glycerolipid. GPAT, glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, LPAT, lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase, PAP, phosphatidic acid phosphatase, LIPIN, Lipin, MGAT/DGAT mono-/diacylglycerolacyltransferase, PDAT, phospholipid-diacylglycerolacyltransferase.