Allan's latest paper "Arabidopsis LTPG Is a Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Lipid Transfer Protein Required for Export of Lipids to the Plant Surface" has been published in the current issue of The Plant Cell:
"It has long been hypothesized that extracellular transfer of lipids across the epidermal cell wall to the waxy cuticle would require lipid transfer proteins (LTPs). An LTP with a GPI-anchor, LTPG, is required for export of wax to the cuticle in the stems of Arabidopsis. LTPG is primarily localized to the plasma membrane, and recombinant LTPG displays binding affinity for a lipophilic analog."
DeBono, A., Yeats, T.H., Rose, J.K.C., Bird, D., Jetter, R., Kunst, L., and Samuels, A.L. 2009. Arabidopsis LTPG is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein required for export of lipids to the plant surface. The Plant Cell 21: 1230-1238. [abstract] [full text]
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