The essential role of phosphatidylglycerol in photosynthesis

H Wada, N Murata - Photosynthesis research, 2007 - Springer
Since the first identification of phosphatidylglycerol in Scenedesmus by Benson and Maruo
in 1958, researchers have studied many biological functions of this phospholipid. Genetic …

Role of galactolipid biosynthesis in coordinated development of photosynthetic complexes and thylakoid membranes during chloroplast biogenesis in A rabidopsis

K Kobayashi, T Narise, K Sonoike… - The Plant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The galactolipids monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol
(DGDG) are the predominant lipids in thylakoid membranes and indispensable for …

The biogenesis and functions of lipid bodies in animals, plants and microorganisms

DJ Murphy - Progress in lipid research, 2001 - Elsevier
What are lipid bodies? One of the problems in answering this apparently simple question is
that these macromolecular proteolipid assemblies can be relatively heterogeneous with …

Lipid Trafficking between the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Plastid in Arabidopsis Requires the Extraplastidic TGD4 Protein

C Xu, J Fan, AJ Cornish, C Benning - The Plant Cell, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The development of chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana requires extensive lipid trafficking
between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the plastid. The biosynthetic enzymes for the …

Granal stacking of thylakoid membranes in higher plant chloroplasts: the physicochemical forces at work and the functional consequences that ensue

WS Chow, EH Kim, P Horton… - … & Photobiological Sciences, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of grana in chloroplasts of higher plants is examined in terms of the subtle
interplay of physicochemical forces of attraction and repulsion. The attractive forces between …

DGD1-independent biosynthesis of extraplastidic galactolipids after phosphate deprivation in Arabidopsis

H Härtel, P Dörmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
The galactolipids, mono-and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), are the most common
nonphosphorous lipids in the biosphere and account for 80% of the membrane lipids found …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional roles of non-bilayer lipid phases of chloroplast thylakoid membranes and mitochondrial inner membranes

G Garab, LS Yaguzhinsky, O Dlouhý… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
The 'standard'fluid-mosaic membrane model can provide a framework for the operation of
the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport systems, the generation of the proton …

Isolation and characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant deficient in the thylakoid lipid digalactosyl diacylglycerol.

P Dörmann, S Hoffmann-Benning, I Balbo… - The Plant …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The galactolipids monogalactosyl and digalactosyl diacylglycerol occur in all higher plants
and are the predominant lipid components of chloroplast membranes. They are thought to …

Contribution of galactoglycerolipids to the 3‐dimensional architecture of thylakoids

B Demé, C Cataye, MA Block, E Maréchal… - The FASEB …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Thylakoid membranes, the universal structure where photosynthesis takes place in all
oxygenic photosynthetic organisms from cyanobacteria to higher plants, have a unique lipid …