Acyl-editing


Description :
Acyl-editing by lysophosphatidyl acyl transferase (LPCAT) is one of the reported mechanisms for directing polyunsaturated fatty acids 18:2 and 18:3 (PUFA) into triacylglycerols (TAGs) during embryogenesis through the action of diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), in parallel with direct head group exchange between phosphatidylcholine and diacylglycerol (PDCT1) or acyl transfer from phosphatidylcholine to diacylglycerol by phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyl transferase (PDAT).

Reconstructed by Gilles Curien