Biosynthesis of homoserine lipid

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, 113, Japan 

As a preliminary survey, various C4 amino acids were exogenously administered to intact cells of Chlamydomonas to see whether these compounds could compete with the photosynthetically assimilated (given as sodium 

These results indicate that the C4 backbone of methionine is a precursor to the polar group of DGTS, probably its C4 moiety. The incorporation of the amino group of methionine to DGTS has not been tested because of technical difficulty. 

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Eichenberger, W. (1982) Distribution of diacylglyceryl-0-4 -(N,N,N-trimethyOhomoserine in different algae. Plant Sci. Lett. 24 91-95. 

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