In most plants, major unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) are three C18 species, namely, oleic
(18: 1), linoleic (18: 2), and α-linolenic (18: 3) acids. These simple compounds play multiple …

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is an essential macronutrient required for many fundamental
processes in plants, including photosynthesis and respiration, as well as nucleic acid …

Fatty acid composition of olive oil has an important effect on the oil quality to such an extent
that oils with a high oleic and low linoleic acid contents are preferable from a nutritional and …

The biogenesis of cellular membranes involves an important traffic of lipids from their site of
synthesis to their final destination. Lipid transfer can be mediated by vesicular or non …

Plant lipids have versatile applications and provide essential fatty acids in human diet.
Therefore, there has been a growing interest to better characterize the genetic basis …

Glycerolipids are the most abundant lipids in microalgae, and glycerol-3-phosphate: acyl-
CoA acyltransferase (GPAT) plays an important role in their biosynthesis. However, the …

The thylakoid membrane is in a temperature‐sensitive equilibrium that shifts repeatedly
during the life cycle in response to ambient temperature or solar irradiance. Plants respond …

The eukaryotic pathway of galactolipid synthesis involves fatty acid synthesis in the
chloroplast, followed by assembly of phosphatidylcholine (PC) in the endoplasmic reticulum …

Plant chloroplasts have complex membrane systems. Among these, thylakoids serve as the
sites for photosynthesis and photosynthesis-related adaptation. In addition to the …

Fatty acid desaturase catalyzes the desaturation reactions by inserting double bonds into
the fatty acyl chain, producing unsaturated fatty acids, which play a vital part in the synthesis …