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SQDG

SQDG is the initialism of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.

Meaning of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

Noun

sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (plural sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols)

  1. A glycerophospholipid that, along with galactosyldiacylglycerol, is an important component of membranes of chloroplasts and related organelles and one of the most abundant lipids in photosynthetic tissues.
    • Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species.2001, Bertram Fraser-Reid, editor, Glycoscience, page 2085
    Synonyms:
    SQDG

Questions about SQDG

What is SQDG the initialism of?
SQDG is the initialism of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.

Words near SQDG in the dictionary

  1. sq. in.
  2. SQ3R
  3. SQA
  4. SQALE
  5. sqd.
  6. SQDG
  7. sqdn.
  8. sqdns.
  9. sqds.
  10. SQEP
  11. SQEPs

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