. The presence of
membrane-traffic proteins in LDs gives support that LDs
are dynamic structures specialized in inter-membrane lipid
transport. The presence of putative GTPase orthologs in C.
reinhardtii suggested a similar function of lipid droplets in
membrane trafficking. Recently, a link between vesicle
trafficking and lipid remobilization has been proposed
based on the studies of the effect of Brefeldin A in Chlamydomonas
cells