Arabidopsis galactolipid biosynthesis and lipid trafficking mediated by DGD1

Authors
Dormann, P Balbo, I Benning, C
Citation
P. Dormann et al., Arabidopsis galactolipid biosynthesis and lipid trafficking mediated by DGD1, SCIENCE, 284(5423), 1999, pp. 2181-2184
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary
Journal title
SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00368075 → ACNP
Volume
284
Issue
5423
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2181 - 2184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(19990625)284:5423<2181:AGBALT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The photosynthetic apparatus in plant cells is associated with membranes of the thylakoids within the chloroplast and is embedded into a highly specia lized Lipid matrix. Diacylglycerol galactolipids are common in thylakoid me mbranes but are excluded from all others. Isolation of the gene DGD1, encod ing a galactosyltransferase-like protein, now provides insights into assemb ly of the thylakoid Lipid matrix and subcellular Lipid trafficking in Arabi dopsis thaliana.