title: Diversity in Biosynthetic Pathways of Galactolipids in the Light of Endosymbiotic Origin of Chloroplasts.
abstract: Cyanobacteria and chloroplasts perform oxygenic photosynthesis, and share a common origin. Galactolipids are present in the photosynthetic membranes of both cyanobacteria and chloroplasts, but the biosynthetic pathways of the galactolipids are significantly different in the two systems. In this minireview, we explain the history of the discovery of the cyanobacterial pathway, and present a probable scenario of the evolution of the two pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of TokyoTokyo, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, CRESTTokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Japan Science and Technology Agency, CRESTTokyo, Japan; Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, and Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Awai
keywords: cyanobacteria; endosymbiosis; galactolipids; glucolipid; photosynthesis