Sphingolipid Δ8 unsaturation is important for glucosylceramide biosynthesis and low-temperature performance in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 769-781

  Chen, Ming ^a   Markham, Jonathan E ^a,b   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ceramide; desaturase; glucosylceramide; lipid unsaturation; lipidomics; long chain base; sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDES; DESATURASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LIPIDOMICS; LONG-CHAIN BASE; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

AMIDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOLIPID DESATURASE; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 84857645141     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04829.x     Document Type: Article

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