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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Choudhary V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4621845 | biostudies-other | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The Journal of cell biology 20151001 2
Lipid droplets (LDs) are found in all cells and play critical roles in lipid metabolism. De novo LD biogenesis occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but is not well understood. We imaged early stages of LD biogenesis using electron microscopy and found that nascent LDs form lens-like structures that are in the ER membrane, raising the question of how these nascent LDs bud from the ER as they grow. We found that a conserved family of proteins, fat storage-inducing transmembrane (FIT) proteins, ...[more]