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All organisms carrying out oxygenic photosynthesis contain the plant sulpholipid, sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol, as a major component of their thylakoid membranes. The lipid was first discovered by Benson and co-workers, and, in some marine algae, may represent up to half of the total lipids. Thus, the plant sulpholipid is a very significant membrane component and makes a major contribution to the sulphur cycle [1,2].
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Pugh, C.E., Roy, A.B., White, G.F., Harwood, J.L. (1997). How is Sulpholipid Metabolised?. In: Williams, J.P., Khan, M.U., Lem, N.W. (eds) Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2662-7_33
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