Wada Hajime, Murata Norio
Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
Photosynth Res. 2007 May;92(2):205-15. doi: 10.1007/s11120-007-9203-z. Epub 2007 Jul 17.
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.
自1958年本森和丸尾首次在栅藻中鉴定出磷脂酰甘油以来，研究人员对这种磷脂的多种生物学功能进行了研究。对光合生物的遗传学、生物化学和结构研究表明，磷脂酰甘油对于光合电子传递、叶绿体发育以及耐寒性至关重要。在这篇综述中，我们总结了目前对蓝细菌和高等植物中磷脂酰甘油的生化和生理功能的理解。
