Abstract
Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in a uniquely constructed bilayer membrane known as thylakoid. The glycerolipid molecules that form the thylakoid membranes are characterized by their sugar head groups and a very high level of unsaturation in the fatty acid chains. In Arabidopsis,trienoic fatty acids — α-linolenic (18:3) and hexadecatrienoic acids (16:3) — account for more than 70% of the total fatty acids in thylakoid lipids. Therefore, this fatty acids might have some crucial role in maintaining photosynthetic functions.
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Routaboul, JM., Vijayan, P., Browse, J. (1997). Lack of Trienoic Fatty Acids in an Arabidopsis Mutant Increases Tolerance of Photosynhesis to High Temperature. In: Williams, J.P., Khan, M.U., Lem, N.W. (eds) Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2662-7_63
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