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sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

pluralsulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerols

Questions about sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

What is sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol the alternative spelling of?
Sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is the alternative spelling of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.

Words near sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol in the dictionary

  1. sulphophosphite
  2. sulphophosphites
  3. sulphophosphoric
  4. sulphophosphorous
  5. sulphoquinovose
  6. sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
  7. sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
  8. sulphoraphane
  9. sulphorhodamine
  10. sulphorhodamines
  11. sulphosalicylic

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