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Phenolic Lipids Synthesized by Type III Polyketide Synthases

Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ((HHLM))

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Abstract

Phenolic lipids, consisting of a polar aromatic ring and a hydrophobic alkyl chain, are distributed widely in bacteria, fungi, and plants, and they appear to play important roles in biological membranes. Here, recent studies of the biosynthesis of microbial and plant phenolic lipids are described. Phenolic lipids are biosynthesized by a combination of a fatty acid synthase and a type III polyketide synthase, which are responsible for synthesizing the alkyl chain and the aromatic ring, respectively.

The authors thank the late Prof. Sueharu Horinouchi, who was a coauthor of this chapter in the first edition of this book.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan

    Akimasa Miyanaga

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Yasuo Ohnishi

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Miyanaga, A., Ohnishi, Y. (2017). Phenolic Lipids Synthesized by Type III Polyketide Synthases. In: Geiger, O. (eds) Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43676-0_14-2

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