Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase

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Winter, A., Kramer, W., Werner, F.A.O., Rollers, S., Kata, S., Durstewitz, G., Buitkamp, J., Womack, J.E., Thaller, G., Fries, R. 2002. Association of a lysine-232/alanine polymorphism in a bovine gene encoding acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) with variation at a quantitative trait locus for milk fat content. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA)... 

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Kroon, J.T.M., Wei, W.X., Simon, W.J. and Slabas, A.R. 2006. Identification and functional expression of a type 2 acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) in developing castor bean seeds which has high homology to the major triglyceride biosynthetic enzyme of fungi and animals. Phytochemistry 67 2541-2549. 

Liu, Q. 2011. Functional and topological analysis of acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

Siloto, R.M.R, Truksa, M., Brownfield, D., Good, A.G. and Weselake, R.J. 2009a. Directed evolution of acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase Development and characterization of Brassica napus DGATl mutagenized libraries. Plant Physiol. Biochem. Al 456-461. 

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Guiheneuf, F., Leu, S., Zarka, A., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Khalilov, I., Boussiba, S., 2011. Cloning and molecular characterization of a novel acyl-CoA diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1-Uke gene (PtDGATl) from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricomutum. FEBS Journal 278, 3651-3666. 

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