Type A and type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are spatially and functionally separated in the plastids of higher plants

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Kobayashi, Koichi ^a,c   Nakamura, Yuki ^b,c   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Digalactosyldiacylglycerol; Galactolipid; MGDG synthase; Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol; Phosphate starvation; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIACYLGLYCEROL 3 BETA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,2-DIACYLGLYCEROL 3-BETA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GALACTOLIPID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GALACTOLIPIDS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 67349261792     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.12.012     Document Type: Review

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