AUTHOR=Javee Anand , Sulochana Sujitha Balakrishnan , Pallissery Steffi James , Arumugam Muthu TITLE=Major Lipid Body Protein: A Conserved Structural Component of Lipid Body Accumulated during Abiotic Stress in S. quadricauda CASA-CC202 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Energy Research VOLUME=4 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2016.00037 DOI=10.3389/fenrg.2016.00037 ISSN=2296-598X ABSTRACT=
Abiotic stress in oleaginous microalgae enhances lipid accumulation, which is stored in a specialized organelle called lipid droplets (LDs). Both the LDs or lipid body are enriched with major lipid droplet protein (MLDP). It serves as a major structural component and also plays a key role in recruiting other proteins and enzymes involved in lipid body maturation. In the present study, the presence of MLDP was detected in two abiotic stress condition namely nitrogen starvation and salt stress condition. Previous research reveals that nitrogen starvation enhances lipid accumulation. Therefore, the effect of salt on growth, biomass yield, and fatty acid profile is studied in detail. The specific growth rate of