Abstracts now available online - Euro Fed Lipid

The function of the phosphatidic acid produced by the second microsomal LPAAT
remains obscure. However, the characterisation of a cytoplasmic glycerol-3-phosphate
acyltransferase (Zheng et al 2003) whose disruption is associated with an impaired
male fertility, a consequence of a loss of pollen competence, suggests the possibility of
the existence of a distinct or additional eukaryotic pathway in floral organs employing
distinct acyltransferase isoforms. The characterisation of loss of function mutants of
LPAAT together with a detailed tissue localisation of glycerol-3-phosphate
acyltransferase and LPAAT isoforms will be necessary to confirm this hypothesis.