The Role of Malic Enzyme on Promoting Total Lipid and Fatty Acid Production in .

To verify the function of malic enzyme (ME1), the ME1 gene was endogenously overexpressed in . Overexpression of increased neutral and total lipid content and significantly increased saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in transformants, which varied between 23.19 and 25.

Silencing UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene in Phaeodactylum tricornutum affects carbon allocation.

The effects of the suppression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) on chrysolaminaran biosynthesis and carbon allocation were investigated in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. The 69% decrease in UGPase activity was accompanied by a 4.89 fold reduction in Ugp transcript abundance.