Plant BiologybioRxiv
Excretion of triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid facilitating apoplastic accumulation of a lipophilic metabolite shikonin.
K. Tatsumi, T. Ichino, N. Isaka…·K. Yazaki
The paper investigates how plants secrete lipophilic metabolites like shikonin by excreting triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid, facilitating apoplastic accumulation.
DOI 10.1093/jxb/erac405