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Fig. 9 | Biotechnology for Biofuels

Fig. 9

From: Enhanced triacylglycerol production in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by inactivation of a Hotdog-fold thioesterase gene using TALEN-based targeted mutagenesis

Fig. 9

The proposed pathway for TAG biosynthesis and fatty acyl flux in nitrogen-deprived P. tricornutum. a Cell compartments in Phaeodactylum. b Cytosolic pool of acyl-CoA in Phaeodactylum. c Possible role of ptTES1 in free fatty acid homeostasis in the plastid. See text for details. cERM chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum membrane, DAG diacylglycerol, DGAT acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, DGDG digalactosyldiacylglycerol, FATs acyl-ACP thioesterases, FAP fatty acid photodecarboxylase, G3P glycerol-3-phosphate, GPAT glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, LACS long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase, LPAAT lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase, LPA lysophosphatidic acid, Lyso-PC lysophosphatidylcholine, LPCAT lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase, MGDG monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, PA phosphatidic acid, PAP phosphatidic acid phosphatase, PC phosphatidylcholine, PE phosphatidylethanolamine, PG phosphatidylglycerol, PPM periplastidial membrane, PDAT phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, SQDG sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol, TAG triacylglycerol

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