On the origin of fatty acid biosynthesis in Archaeplastida

Amélie A Kelly; Ivo Feussner

doi:10.1093/jxb/erae462

On the origin of fatty acid biosynthesis in Archaeplastida

J Exp Bot. 2025 Jan 10;76(2):198-201. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae462.

Authors

Amélie A Kelly¹, Ivo Feussner^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department for Plant Biochemistry, University of Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany.
² Department for Plant Biochemistry, University of Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Sato N, Ikemura E, Uemura M, Awai K. 2025. Genomic and biochemical analyses of lipid biosynthesis in Cyanophora paradoxa: limited role of the chloroplast in fatty acid synthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 76, 532–545. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae420

Keywords: Endosymbiosis; fatty acid biosynthesis; glaucophytes; lipid transport.