UT Southwestern researcher, international team solve decades-old structural mystery surrounding the birth of energy-storing lipid droplets (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researcher, international team solve decades-old structural mystery surrounding the birth of energy-storing lipid droplets

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Depiction of the seipin complex from a top (above) and side view. The 10-unit seipin cage, made of A-shaped and B-shaped units, may become 10 A-shaped units right before and during budding of the lipid droplet. Triglycerides (yellow) are the fat component of the lipid droplet.

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