sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

English

Alternative forms

• sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol

Etymology

sulfoquinovosyl +‎ diacylglycerol

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Noun

sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (plural sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols)

1. (biochemistry) A glycerophospholipid that, along with galactosyldiacylglycerol, is an important component of membranes of chloroplasts and related organelles and one of the most abundant lipids in photosynthetic tissues.
   • 2001, Bertram Fraser-Reid (ed.), Glycoscience, p. 2085:

     Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species.

   • 2009, Hajime Wada & Norio Murata (eds.), Lipids in Photosynthesis, p. 2:

     There are four major glyceroplipid components in the thylakoid membranes, namely, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG).

Synonyms

• SQDG (abbreviation)