Koji Okamoto

This study shows that in nitrogen-starved Lipomyces starkeyi cells, lipid droplet expansion is linked to the TCA cycle and pentose phosphate pathway, with citric acid and NADPH facilitating fatty acid synthesis and energy storage.

The paper shows that Doa10, an ERAD ubiquitin ligase, interacts with Atg32 to regulate its degradation, thereby negatively controlling mitophagy in yeast.