Polar lipids enzymatic breakdown

ENZYMATIC BREAKDOWN OF POLAR LIPIDS IN COTTON LEAVES UNDER WATER... 

Water stress provokes a decrease in leaf polar lipid content (Pham Thi et al.1982).This decrease is due to an inhibition of the biosynthesis from C-acetate (Pham Thi et al.l985), but certainly also to an acceleration of degradative phenomena. The enzymes responsible for polar lipid catabolism in plants have received little attention (Galliard et al.l974). This paper describes the enzymatic systems acting on MGDG and PC breakdown and their evolution under water stress. ... 

El-Hafid L, Pham Thi AT, Zuily-Fodil Y, Vieira da Silva J. Enzymatic breakdown of polar lipids in cotton leaves under stress degradation of monogalactosyl-diacylglycerol. Plant Physiol Biochem 1989 27 495-502. 

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