Synthesis of Chloroplast Galactolipids in Apicomplexan Parasites | Zendy

Éric Maréchal | Zendy; Nahid Azzouz | Zendy; Cristiana Santos de Macedo | Zendy; Maryse A. Block | Zendy; Jean E. Feagin | Zendy; Ralph T. Schwarz | Zendy; Jacques Joyard | Zendy

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Synthesis of Chloroplast Galactolipids in Apicomplexan Parasites

Author(s) -

Éric Maréchal,

Nahid Azzouz,

Cristiana Santos de Macedo,

Maryse A. Block,

Jean E. Feagin,

Ralph T. Schwarz,

Jacques Joyard

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

eukaryotic cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1535-9778

pISSN - 1535-9786

DOI - 10.1128/ec.1.4.653-656.2002

Subject(s) - galactolipids , biology , chloroplast , apicomplexa , computational biology , biochemistry , ecology , gene , plasmodium falciparum , malaria , immunology

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and digalactosyldiacylglycerol are major chloroplast lipids of algae and land plants and are synthesized within the plastid envelope. Here we report that in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum lysates, radiolabeled UDP-galactose is incorporated into monogalactosylcerebrosides, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, and digalactosyldiacylglycerol due to distinct enzymological activities. Furthermore, DGDG is immunologically detected in apicomplexans.

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