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Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Pollen

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Lipid bodies; Lipid droplets; Oil bodies

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Pollen grains:

the desiccated transportable form of the male gametophyte of higher land plants.

Pollen coat:

a lipid rich layer surrounding the pollen grain.

Pollen lipids – an Overview

Pollen grains are the desiccated transportable form of the male gametophyte of higher land plants. During the fertilization process, the vegetative cell of the pollen tube transforms itself into a pollen tube that grows through the female floral tissue to deliver the two sperm cells to the ovule.

Pollen grains mature in the pollen sac of the anther nourished by the tapetum cells (Berger and Twell 2011). These cells are important for the formation of the pollen cell wall (Quilichini et al. 2014) which contains mainly sporopollenin. This biopolymer consists of phenolics and lipids including fatty acids and carotenoids. Later in pollen development, the tapetum cells rupture (Heslop-Harrison 1968), setting free lipids that overlay the cell wall...

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Ischebeck, T. (2017). Lipid Composition of Arabidopsis thaliana Pollen. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_122-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_122-2

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