Table 5

Enzymes involved in TAG biosynthesis and catabolism identified by annotation of the D. tertiolecta transcriptome

Enzyme

Symbol

EC Number

Number of transcripts

¹%Sequence alignment with corresponding enzymes in model organisms (Accession #)

C. reinhardtii

V. carteri

TAG biosynthesis

Glycerol kinase

GK

2.7.1.30

16

42 (A8IYH1)

NM

Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase

GPAT

2.3.1.15

0

²NM

NM

1-Acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase

AGPAT

2.3.1.51

2

NM

NM

Phosphatidate phosphatase

PP

3.1.3.4

1

NM

NM

Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase

DGAT

2.3.1.20

2

NM

NM

Phospholipid:diacyglycerol acyltransferase

PDAT

2.3.1.158

1

NM

NM

TAG catabolism

NM

NM

Triacylglycerol lipase

TAGL

3.1.1.3

2

NM

NM

¹In cases where multiple transcripts have been aligned with the associated enzymes in the model organisms, average similarity is reported.

²NM denotes that the annotated transcripts did not match the sequence of corresponding enzyme in model organisms.

Rismani-Yazdi et al. BMC Genomics 2011 12:148   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-148