Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2007-01-01

A novel ether-linked phytol-containing digalactosylglycerolipid in the marine green alga, Ulva pertusa

Yohei Ishibashi, Yusuke Nagamatsu, Tomofumi Miyamoto, Naoyuki Matsunaga, Nozomu Okino, Kuniko Yamaguchi, Makoto Ito

Index: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 452(4) , 873-80, (2014)

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Abstract

• Alkaline-resistant galactolipid, AEGL, was found in marine algae. • The sugar moiety of AEGL is identical to that of digalactosyldiacylglycerol. • AEGL is the first identified glycolipid that possesses an ether-linked phytol. • AEGL is ubiquitously distributed in green, red and brown marine algae.