| Chapter title |
Thylakoid Development and Galactolipid Synthesis in Cyanobacteria.
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 4 |
| Book title |
Lipids in Plant and Algae Development
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| Published in |
Sub cellular biochemistry, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-25979-6_4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-925977-2, 978-3-31-925979-6
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| Authors |
Koichiro Awai |
| Editors |
Yuki Nakamura, Yonghua Li-Beisson |
| Abstract |
Cyanobacteria carry out oxygenic photosynthesis and share many features with chloroplasts, including thylakoid membranes, which are mainly composed of membrane lipids and protein complexes that mediate photosynthetic electron transport. Although the functions of the various thylakoid protein complexes have been well characterized, the details underlying the biogenesis of thylakoid membranes remain unclear. Galactolipids are the major constituents of the thylakoid membrane system, and all the genes involved in galactolipid biosynthesis were recently identified. In this chapter, I summarize recent advances in our understanding of the factors involved in thylakoid development, including regulatory proteins and enzymes that mediate lipid biosynthesis. |
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