Transformation of glyco- and phospholipids in plant cell membranes under phosphorus starvation conditions
Svietlova, N.B.
Ukrains'kyi Biokhimichnyi Zhurnal 82(5): 32-40
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-3909 PMID: 21674959 Document Number: 641576
This review provides new insight on regulatory system in plant phosphorus metabolism - the transformation of lipid components, including phospho- and glycolipids whose transformation is a sensitive parameter of phosphate (P(i)) deficiency of plants. The combination of genetic, biochemical and physiological approaches to the study of transformations of phospho- and glycolipids revealed the compensatory mechanisms of the phospholipids substitution by glycolipids in membranes that allow plants to adapt to conditions of limiting P(i) and are essential for plant survival. The mechanisms of biosynthesis, transformation of phospho- and glycolipids and transcriptional regulation of genes involved in their synthesis at P(i) starvation are analysed.