ISSN:
1432-072X
Keywords:
Galactolipids
;
Sulfolipids
;
Phosphatidylglycerol
;
Mass spectrometry
;
Diglyceride species
;
Chain length pairing
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Microcystis
;
Anabaena
;
Nostoc
;
Oscillatoria
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Tolypothrix
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The main glycerolipids (monogalactosyl-, digalactosyl-, sulphoquinovosyl diacylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol) from five blue-green algae (Microcystis, Anabaena, Nostoc, Oscillatoria, Tolypothrix) were analyzed for fatty acid composition, occurrence of diglyceride species and positional distribution of fatty acids between thesn-1- andsn-2-position of glycerol. In contrast to eucaryotic plants biosynthetically closely related lipids (monogalactosyl-, digalactosyl-, trigalactosyl diacylglycerol) show nearly identical diglyceride moieties, whereas sulphoquinovosyl diacylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol are separated from galactolipids by composition as well as occurrence of fatty acids. On the other hand the positional distribution of fatty acids in all lipids is controlled exclusively by chain length and not by degree of unsaturation with C18-fatty acids at thesn-1- and C16-fatty acids at thesn-2-position. These results show that in procaryotic organisms the diversity in diglyceride portions of lipids is reduced as compared to eucaryotic organisms, but nevertheless does exist.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00964267
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