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Glycerophospholipid vs Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol - What's the difference?

glycerophospholipid | sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol |

As nouns the difference between glycerophospholipid and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

is that glycerophospholipid is any phospholipid based on glycerol while sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is a 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.

glycerophospholipid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any phospholipid based on glycerol

    • Anagrams

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    sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A 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.
  • * 2001 , Bertram Fraser-Reid (ed.), Glycoscience , p. 2085:
    • Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species.
  • * 2009 , Hajime Wada & Norio Murata (eds.), Lipids in Photosynthesis , p. 2:
    • There are four major glyceroplipid components in the thylakoid membranes, namely, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG).

    Synonyms

    * SQDG (abbreviation) Long English words