sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

plural sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols · alternative sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol

1. biochemistryA glycerophospholipid that, along with galactosyldiacylglycerol, is an important component of membranes of chloroplasts and related organelles and one of the most abundant lipids in photosynthetic tissues.

   Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species.

   2001, Bertram Fraser-Reid, editor, Glycoscience, page 2085

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   There are four major glyceroplipid components in the thylakoid membranes, namely, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG).

   2009, Hajime Wada, Norio Murata, editors, Lipids in Photosynthesis, page 2

   Synonyms: SQDG