Lipid droplet

Lipid Droplets are fat-storage organelles present in cells that store fat and help maintain the lipid composition of the cell membrane and coordinate lipid uptake and usage.

Articles:

Morón, Á., Martín-González, A., Díaz, S., Gutiérrez, J. C., & Amaro, F. (2022). Autophagy and lipid droplets are a defense mechanism against toxic copper oxide nanotubes in the eukaryotic microbial model Tetrahymena thermophila. Science of the Total Environment, 847, 157580.

Pillai, A. N., Shukla, S., & Rahaman, A. (2017). An evolutionarily conserved phosphatidate phosphatase maintains lipid droplet number and endoplasmic reticulum morphology but not nuclear morphology. Biology open, 6(11), 1629-1643.

Shukla, S., Pillai, A.N. & Rahaman, A. A putative NEM1 homologue regulates lipid droplet biogenesis via PAH1 in Tetrahymena thermophila. J Biosci 43, 693–706 (2018).

Media:

Image depicts florescence imaging of a Tetrahymena Thermophila Lipid droplet. Credited to Professor Kim Kandl and Professor Laura Listenberger, St. Olaf College.

Genes, Proteins, and Mutations: