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Lipid transfer in plants

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Plant cells contain cytosolic proteins, called lipid transfer proteins (LTP), which are able to facilitate in vitro intermembrane transfer of phospholipids. Proteins of this kind from three plants, purified to homogeneity, have several properties in common: molecular mass around 9 kDa, high isoelectric point, lack of specificity for phospholipids, and binding ability for fatty acids. The comparison of their amino acid sequences revealed striking homologies and conserved domains which are probably involved in their function as LTPs. These proteins could play a major role in membrane biogenesis by conveying phospholipids from their site of biosynthesis to membranes unable to form these lipids. Immunochemical methods were used to establish an in vivo correlation between membrane biogenesis and the level of LTP or the amount of LTP synthesized in vitro from mRNAs. The recent isolation of a full-length cDNA allows novel approaches to studying the participation of LTPs in the biogenesis of plant cell membranes.

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Arondel, V., Kader, J.C. Lipid transfer in plants. Experientia 46, 579–585 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939696

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