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Photosynthetic vs Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol - What's the difference?

photosynthetic | sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol |

As an adjective photosynthetic

is of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.

As a noun sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is

(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.

photosynthetic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:

    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