The essential role of phosphatidylglycerol in photosynthesis |
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| Authors: | Hajime Wada Norio Murata |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan;(2) National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Since the first identification of phosphatidylglycerol in Scenedesmus by Benson and Maruo in 1958, researchers have studied many biological functions of this phospholipid. Genetic, biochemical,
and structural studies of photosynthetic organisms have revealed that phosphatidylglycerol is crucial to the photosynthetic
transport of electrons, the development of chloroplasts, and tolerance to chilling. In this review, we summarize our present
understanding of the biochemical and physiological functions of phosphatidylglycerol in cyanobacteria and higher plants.
Submitted to the special issue in honor of Andrew A. Benson |
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| Keywords: | Andrew Benson Chilling sensitivity Membrane lipid Phosphatidylglycerol Photosystem II Thylakoid membrane |
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