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Lipid Composition of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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Synonyms

Ipid droplet, Lipid bodies, Oil bodies triacylglycerols, Triacylglycerides, Triglycerides

Definitions

Oleaginous alga:

Alga with a potential to produce more than 20% of neutral lipids per dry weight

Lipid droplets:

Organelles surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer and composed of a core of neutral lipids. Thus, lipid droplets serve as a lipid storage organelle within the cell.

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a freshwater unicellular green alga from the family Chlamydomonadaceae, predominantly inhabiting soil. Furthermore, it is characterized by two anterior flagella, multiple mitochondria and one chloroplast (Merchant et al. 2007). Among all microalgae, it is the best characterized alga and a large variety of genetic tools are available, i.e., stable transformation with different selection markers is possible (Scranton et al. 2015; Liu and Benning 2013; Li-Beisson and Peltier 2013; Li-Beisson et al. 2015). Moreover, Chlamydomonas possesses a sexual cycle (Li-Beisson and Peltier 2013...

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Abbreviations

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

DGTS:

Diacylglycerol-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PE:

Phosphatidylethanolamine

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PI:

Phosphatidylinositol

PS:

Phosphatidylserine

SQDG:

Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

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Popko, J. (2016). Lipid Composition of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_126-1

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