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Compartmentation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants*

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Triacylglycerols from plants, familiar to most people as vegetable oils, supply 25% of dietary calories to the developed world and are increasingly a source for renewable biomaterials and fuels. Demand for vegetable oils will double by 2030, which can be met only by increased oil production. Triacylglycerol synthesis is accomplished through the coordinate action of multiple pathways in multiple subcellular compartments. Recent information has revealed an underappreciated complexity in pathways for synthesis and accumulation of this important energy-rich class of molecules.

Fatty Acid
Lipid Metabolism
Lipid Synthesis
Plant Biochemistry
Triacylglycerol

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This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Science (Biological Environmental Research and Basic Energy Sciences); National Science Foundation Grant DBI-0701919; and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Department of Energy Grant DE-FC02-07ER64494. This is the third article in the Thematic Minireview Series on the Lipid Droplet, a Dynamic Organelle of Biomedical and Commercial Importance.