Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

AGPAT2 interaction with CDP-diacylglycerol synthases promotes the flux of fatty acids through the CDP-diacylglycerol pathway

  • Hoi Yin Mak,
  • Qian Ouyang,
  • Sergey Tumanov,
  • Jiesi Xu,
  • Ping Rong,
  • Feitong Dong,
  • Sin Man Lam,
  • Xiaowei Wang,
  • Ivan Lukmantara,
  • Ximing Du,
  • Mingming Gao,
  • Andrew J. Brown,
  • Xin Gong,
  • Guanghou Shui,
  • Roland Stocker,
  • Xun Huang,
  • Shuai Chen,
  • Hongyuan Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27279-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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AGPATs (1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferases) catalyze the acylation of lysophosphatidic acid to form phosphatidic acid (PA), a key step in the synthesis of all glycerolipids. Here, the authors show that AGPAT2 and CDP-DAG synthases (CDS1 and CDS2) form functional complexes that promote further conversion of PA along the CDP-DAG pathway of phospholipid synthesis.