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Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves

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Synonyms

Arabidopsis thaliana - thale cress

Definitions

Sulfolipids:

Lipids that contain sulfur in a functional group

Cutin:

Polymer matrix, which consists of esterified fatty acids that are hydroxylated or epoxy hydroxylated

Arabidopsis thaliana is a model organism for flowering plants, as it shows a close relationship to a high number of other plant species. Furthermore, its characteristics like small size, available genetic tools, and a short life cycle renders Arabidopsis a good organism to work with (Somerville and Koornneef 2002; Koornneef and Meinke 2010). Leaves are of special interest, since photosynthesis takes place in these organs (Li-Beisson et al. 2013). Leaves are thus the place of energy production, and different compounds from the central and specialized metabolism are synthesized in leaves. Since photosynthesis takes place within chloroplasts, biomembranes are of particular importance here and specific functions are assigned to lipids (Li-Beisson et al. 2013). Leaves...

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Abbreviations

DGDG:

digalactosyldiacylglycerol

FW:

fresh weight

HPLC:

high-performance liquid chromatography

LC-MS/MS:

liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

MGDG:

monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PA:

phosphatidic acid

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

PG:

phosphatidylglycerol

PI:

phosphatidylinositol

PS:

phosphatidylserine

SQDG:

sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

SD:

standard deviation

SE:

standard error

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  1. Department of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Goettingen, Germany

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Popko, J. (2017). Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_120-1

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