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Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes and Photosynthetic Cells

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Lipids in Photosynthesis

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 30))

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The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in plant-lipid research, with special emphasis on the lipids in thylakoid membranes. The determination of the genome sequences of photosynthetic organisms, such as cyanobacteria, algae and higher plants; the development of muta-tional and transgenic techniques; and the development of other analytical methods have had a major impact on plant-lipid research and have advanced our understanding of the functions of individual species of lipids in photosynthesis. In this introductory chapter, we provide a brief summary of the material in subsequent chapters, in which specific topics are covered in greater depth.

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Abbreviations

ACP:

Acyl-carrier protein

CoA:

Coenzyme A

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

ER:

Endoplasmic reticulum

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PGP:

Phosphatidylglycerol phosphate

PS I:

Photosystem I

PS II:

Photosystem II

SQDG:

Sulfoquinovosyldiacyl-glycerol

X:Y(Z):

Fatty acid in which X and Y indicate numbers of carbon atoms and double bonds, respectively, and Z, in parenthesis, indicates the position(s) of the double bond(s), counted from the carboxyl terminus of the fatty-acyl chain

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Dr. Yasushi Kamisaka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) for his guidance in the genome-based analysis of genes that are involved in lipid biosynthesis. This work was supported, in part, by the Cooperative Research Program on the Stress Tolerance of Plants of the National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan) to N.M., and by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Japan) to H.W.

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Wada, H., Murata, N. (2009). Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes and Photosynthetic Cells. In: Wada, H., Murata, N. (eds) Lipids in Photosynthesis. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2863-1_1

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