These proteins are involved in the transport and ... In diatoms, a type of microalgae, ACBPs have been shown to be essential for lipid droplet degradation during stress recovery.

"Driven by a keen interest in lipid droplet functions in aging and disease ... at lipid droplets in the brains of mice with excess tau protein. They used a state-of-the-art SRS imaging platform ...

"This argues that mutations in Tau may reduce the protein's normal ability to prevent ... Goodman et al, Tau is required for ...

Caption Pictured are cells from a MIEL1 mutant Arabidopsis seed with neutral lipids shown in magenta and a lipid droplet coat protein shown in green. Traver and Bartel used genetics and microscopy ...