Triglycerides are complex lipids composed of a glycerol molecule linked to three fatty acids. Given the many possible combinations of fatty acids of differing length and saturation and the three ...

1. What's so special about plant lipids? / J.L. Harwood -- part I. De novo fatty acid biosynthesis. 2. Biotin-dependent carboxylases and their biotinylation in higher plants / C. Alban and R. Douce. 3 ...

Plant biology has long recognized the significance of surface lipid barriers—namely cuticles and suberin—as fundamental adaptations for terrestrial life.

Muscle degeneration, the most prevalent cause of frailty in hereditary diseases and aging, could be caused by a deficiency in one key enzyme in a lipid biosynthesis pathway. Researchers at the ...

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics led a study showing that directional, non-vesicular lipid transport drives fast, species-selective lipid sorting, outpacing slower, less ...

Lipid nanoparticles consist of spherical vesicles made of ionizable lipids with a positive charge at a low pH level, while being neutral at a physiological pH. Such a characteristic enables RNA ...