Do Galactolipid Synthases Play a Key Role in the Biogenesis of Chloroplast Membranes of Higher Plants?

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Facilitates Synthesis of Photoactive Protochlorophyllide in Etioplasts

(2017) Sho Fujii et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Tight cohesion between glycolipid membranes results from balanced water–headgroup interactions

(2017) Matej Kanduč et al.   Nature Communications

Insights into the Membrane Interacting Properties of the C-Terminal Domain of the Monotopic Glycosyltransferase DGD2 in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Scarlett Szpryngiel et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The conformational plasticity of glycosyltransferases

(2016) David Albesa-Jové et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Role of membrane glycerolipids in photosynthesis, thylakoid biogenesis and chloroplast development

(2016) Koichi Kobayashi   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Structural insights and membrane binding properties of MGD1, the major galactolipid synthase in plants

(2016) Joana Rocha et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Direct isolation of a functional violaxanthin cycle domain from thylakoid membranes of higher plants

(2016) Reimund Goss et al.   PLANTA

Synthesis and transfer of galactolipids in the chloroplast envelope membranes ofArabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Amélie A. Kelly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IM30 triggers membrane fusion in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts

(2015) Raoul Hennig et al.   Nature Communications

The influence of lipids on MGD1 membrane binding highlights novel mechanisms for galactolipid biosynthesis regulation in chloroplasts

(2014) Joe Sarkis et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Contribution of galactoglycerolipids to the 3-dimensional architecture of thylakoids

(2014) Bruno Demé et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Oxygenic photosynthesis without galactolipids

(2014) Koichiro Awai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of galactoglycerolipid biosynthetic pathways – From cyanobacteria to primary plastids and from primary to secondary plastids

(2014) Dimitris Petroutsos et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

Glycerolipids in photosynthesis: Composition, synthesis and trafficking

(2013) Laurence Boudière et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Revisiting the expression and purification of MGD1, the major galactolipid synthase in Arabidopsis to establish a novel standard for biochemical and structural studies

(2012) Joana Rocha et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Recent structures, evolution and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases

(2012) Christelle Breton et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Lipid Interacting Regions in Phosphate Stress Glycosyltransferase atDGD2 fromArabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Scarlett Szpryngiel et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of lipids in photosystem II

(2011) Naoki Mizusawa et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Role of phosphatidic acid in plant galactolipid synthesis

(2011) Emmanuelle Dubots et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Phylogeny of Galactolipid Synthase Homologs Together with their Enzymatic Analyses Revealed a Possible Origin and Divergence Time for Photosynthetic Membrane Biogenesis

(2011) Y. Yuzawa et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Chemical inhibitors of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Cyrille Y Botté et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

A Rice Plastidial Nucleotide Sugar Epimerase Is Involved in Galactolipid Biosynthesis and Improves Photosynthetic Efficiency

(2011) Chunlai Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

Functional States of Homooligomers: Insights from the Evolution of Glycosyltransferases

(2010) Kosuke Hashimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Freezing Tolerance in Plants Requires Lipid Remodeling at the Outer Chloroplast Membrane

(2010) Eric R. Moellering et al.   SCIENCE

Galactoglycerolipid metabolism under stress: a time for remodeling

(2010) Eric R. Moellering et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Mechanisms of Lipid Transport Involved in Organelle Biogenesis in Plant Cells

(2009) Christoph Benning   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Activation of the Chloroplast Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase MGD1 by Phosphatidic Acid and Phosphatidylglycerol

(2009) Emmanuelle Dubots et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Type-B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are involved in phosphate starvation-induced lipid remodeling, and are crucial for low-phosphate adaptation

(2008) Koichi Kobayashi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL