InterPro domain: IPR032805

This domain is found in membrane bound O-acyltransferases, including long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase (wax synthases) from plants and fungi [ 1 ] and acyl-CoA sterol acyl transferase 1 from Arabidopsis [ 2 , 3 ].

1. Purification of a jojoba embryo wax synthase, cloning of its cDNA, and production of high levels of wax in seeds of transgenic arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 122, 645-55
2. Biosynthesis of phytosterol esters: identification of a sterol o-acyltransferase in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 145, 974-84
3. Involvement of the phospholipid sterol acyltransferase1 in plant sterol homeostasis and leaf senescence. Plant Physiol. 152, 107-19