title: Flagging the fatty acid ferryman.
abstract: Fatty acids made in chloroplasts must be exported into the rest of the cell to be converted into commercially important plant oils. A new study identifies FAX1 as a protein that mediates this crucial transport step. Read the Research Article.
authors: Public Library of Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors: Roland G
authors: RG
authors: Roberts
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins
references: PLoS Biol. 2015 Feb;13(2):e1002053
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