Université de Fribourg

Role of phosphatidic acid in plant galactolipid synthesis

Dubots, Emmanuelle ; Botté, Cyrille ; Boudière, Laurence ; Yamaryo-Botté, Yoshiki ; Jouhet, Juliette ; Maréchal, Eric ; Block, Maryse A.

In: Biochimie, 2012, vol. 94, no. 1, p. 86-93

Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a precursor metabolite for phosphoglycerolipids and also for galactoglycerolipids, which are essential lipids for formation of plant membranes. PA has in addition a main regulatory role in a number of developmental processes notably in the response of the plant to environmental stresses. We review here the different pools of PA dispatched at different locations in the...