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sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol en · NOUN

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Etymology

From sulfoquinovosyl + diacylglycerol.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species. 2001, Bertram Fraser-Reid, editor, Glycoscience, page 2085:
   • There are four major glyceroplipid components in the thylakoid membranes, namely, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG). 2009, Hajime Wada, Norio Murata, editors, Lipids in Photosynthesis, page 2:

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Synonyms

SQDG