5">We analyzed phosphatidic acid (PA) molecular species in neuroblastoma cells.
We identified a marked increase of 32:0-PA during neuroblastoma cell differentiation.
5">32:0-PA species contained two palmitic acids (16:0 s).
20">Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) ζ-siRNA decreased 16:0/16:0-PA production.
25">Neurite outgrowth was markedly attenuated by deficiency of DGKζ.