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Sqdg vs Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol - What's the difference?

sqdg | sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol | Synonyms |

Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is a synonym of sqdg.



In biochemistry terms the difference between sqdg and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

is that sqdg is sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol 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.

As an initialism SQDG

is sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.

As a noun 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.

sqdg

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • (biochemistry) Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.

    • 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