The effect of low oxygen concentration on the acyl-lipid and fatty-acid composition of the C4 plant Amaranthus paniculatus L. |
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Authors: | Thomas Knacker Hermann Schaub |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Biologie-Botanik, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-6000 Frankfurt a.M., Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Acyl lipids and their constituent fatty acids were studied in leaves, chloroplasts and bundle-sheath strands of the C4 plant Amaranthus paniculatus L. grown under normal and 4%-oxygen-containing atmospheres. In all fractions the major lipids were found to be monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, digalactosyldiacylglycerol, sulphoquinovo-syldiacylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. Significant quantities of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were restricted to leaves and bundle-sheath strands. All lipids, except phosphatidylglycerol where 3-trans-hexadecenoic acid was also present, contained palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. On a chlorophyll basis and compared with whole leaves, the amounts of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in bundle-sheath strands were considerably reduced. Three weeks after the change from a normal to a 4% atmospheric O2 level, the galactolipid content, particularly in the bundlesheath strands, was enhanced. There were no significant differences in the degrees of saturationunsaturation of total acyl lipid for the plants grown in the low oxygen and normal atmospheres, although under 4% O2 the phosphatidylglycerol contained an increased proportion of 3-trans-hexadecenoic acid at the expense of palmitic acid.Abbreviations DGDG
digalactosyldiacylglycerol
- MGDG
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol
- PC
phosphatidylcholine
- PE
phosphatidylethanolamine
- PG
phosphatidylglycerol
- SQDG
sulphquinovosyldiacylglycerol |
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Keywords: | Amaranthus Bundle sheath Chloroplast (composition) Fatty acid composition Leaf (lipid) Lipid composition Oxygen and lipid composition |
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