Cytosolic lipolysis and lipophagy: two sides of the same coin

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 18, 671 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.76 Authors: Rudolf Zechner, Frank Madeo & Dagmar Kratky Fatty acids are the most efficient substrates for energy production in vertebrates and are essential components of the lipids that form biological membranes. Synthesis of triacylglycerols from non-esterified free fatty acids (FFAs) combined with triacylglycerol storage represents a highly efficient strategy to stockpile FFAs in
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