4. Discussion
Lipid droplets play multiple important roles in cells. In this study, we
isolated lipid droplets of the model organism C. elegans and report the
lipid composition and protein composition of lipid droplets purified
from wild type and from high-fat daf-2 mutant worms. We confirmed
that one protein identified in the proteomic analysis, ACS-4, localizes
to the surface of C. elegans lipid droplets