title: DisseCCTing phospholipid function in lipid droplet dynamics.
abstract: Phospholipids provide an amphipathic barrier between lipid droplets and the cytoplasm of cells. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Krahmer and colleagues (2011) define a role for phosphatidylcholine in preventing lipid droplet coalescence and show that the rate-limiting enzyme in phosphatidylcholine synthesis is activated through binding to lipid droplets.
authors: Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. brasaemle@aesop.rutgers.edu
authors: Dawn L
authors: DL
authors: Brasaemle