Lipid transport required to make lipids of photosynthetic membranes

E LaBrant, AC Barnes, RL Roston - Photosynthesis research, 2018 - Springer
Photosynthetic membranes provide much of the usable energy for life on earth. To produce
photosynthetic membrane lipids, multiple transport steps are required, including fatty acid …

[HTML][HTML] A small ATPase protein of Arabidopsis, TGD3, involved in chloroplast lipid import

B Lu, C Xu, K Awai, AD Jones, C Benning - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007 - ASBMB
Polar lipid trafficking is essential in eukaryotic cells as membranes of lipid assembly are
often distinct from final destination membranes. A striking example is the biogenesis of the …

A role for lipid trafficking in chloroplast biogenesis

C Benning - Progress in Lipid Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Chloroplasts are the defining plant organelle carrying out photosynthesis. Photosynthetic
complexes are embedded into the thylakoid membrane which forms an intricate system of …

Arabidopsis chloroplast lipid transport protein TGD2 disrupts membranes and is part of a large complex

R Roston, J Gao, C Xu, C Benning - The Plant Journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In most plants the assembly of the photosynthetic thylakoid membrane requires lipid
precursors synthesized at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Thus, the transport of lipids from …

Arabidopsis TRIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL5 interacts with TGD1, TGD2, and TGD4 to facilitate lipid transfer from the endoplasmic reticulum to plastids

J Fan, Z Zhai, C Yan, C Xu - The Plant Cell, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The biogenesis of photosynthetic membranes in the plastids of higher plants requires an
extensive supply of lipid precursors from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Four …

[HTML][HTML] The phosphatidic acid binding site of the Arabidopsis trigalactosyldiacylglycerol 4 (TGD4) protein required for lipid import into chloroplasts

Z Wang, NS Anderson, C Benning - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
Chloroplast membrane lipid synthesis relies on the import of glycerolipids from the ER. The
TGD (TriGalactosylDiacylglycerol) proteins are required for this lipid transfer process. The …

Lipid trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and the chloroplast

K Awai, C Xu, B Lu, C Benning - Biochemical Society …, 2006 - portlandpress.com
The photosynthetic (thylakoid) membrane of plants is one of the most extensive biological
cell membrane systems found in Nature. It harbours the photosynthetic apparatus, which is …

Mechanisms of lipid transport involved in organelle biogenesis in plant cells

C Benning - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Chloroplasts are the defining organelle of photoautotrophic plant cells. Photosynthetic light
reactions and electron transport are the functions of an elaborate thylakoid membrane …

Chloroplast lipid synthesis and lipid trafficking through ER–plastid membrane contact sites

Z Wang, C Benning - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2012 - portlandpress.com
Plant chloroplasts contain an intricate photosynthetic membrane system, the thylakoids, and
are surrounded by two envelope membranes at which thylakoid lipids are assembled. The …

A phosphatidic acid-binding protein of the chloroplast inner envelope membrane involved in lipid trafficking

K Awai, C Xu, B Tamot… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The biogenesis of the photosynthetic thylakoid membranes inside plant chloroplasts
requires enzymes at the plastid envelope and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Extensive …