State of the lipid and fatty acid composition in chloroplasts of Nicotianatabacum under the influence of an increased CO2 partial pressure of 700 p.p.m.
A. Radunz et al., State of the lipid and fatty acid composition in chloroplasts of Nicotianatabacum under the influence of an increased CO2 partial pressure of 700 p.p.m., BIOCH SOC T, 28, 2000, pp. 885-887
We analysed chloroplast lipids of Nicotiana tabacum var. John William's Bro
adleaf, cultivated under an increased Pco(2) of 700 p.p.m. Glycolipids and
phospholipids remain constant under these conditions, whereas the carotenoi
d content undergoes a quantitative change. The saturation degree of fatty a
cids increases due to an increase in palmitic acid and decreases in hexadec
atrienoic acid and linolenic acid.