“…MLDP abundance positively correlates with the accumulation of TAGs (Tsai et al, 2014). During nitrogen starvation, both MLDP and TAG were over accumulated, and the inhibition of TAG biosynthesis impairs MLDP level, suggesting that MLDP induction is coregulated with TAG accumulation in Dunaliella (Davidi et al, 2012). Besides MLDP being a major structural protein of LDs proteome, it also contains many regulatory enzymes, such as acyl-activating enzymes, acyl transferase, or lipases, involved in lipid biosynthesis as well as the maturation of LDs (Huang, 1992;Brown, 2001;Athenstaedt and Daum, 2006).…”