Overexpression of autophagy genes activates lipophagy in Arabidopsis
Jilian Fan, Saroj Kumar Sah, Dongling Xie, Changcheng Xu · 2026
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Description
Jilian Fan and co-authors turn up a plant's self-eating system in 2026 and watch its fat stores shrink. Cells recycle worn parts through this system, and in plants it also chews up lipid droplets, the fat parcels seeds and leaves store. The chewing path, called lipophagy, was known but its route and vessels were murky.
Boosting two recycling genes raised the system's activity and cut droplet counts sharply, they report. The drop did not run through the known surface fat cutter; it needed the recycling system itself. A marked vessel class tied to the droplets thinned out as well. Knowing which vessels take the fat opens breeding paths for oil crops, where stored fat is the harvest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jilian Fan, Saroj Kumar Sah, Dongling Xie, Changcheng Xu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |