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Arabidopsis LTPG is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein required for export of lipids to the plant surface.
The Plant cell - 1 Apr 2009
Debono Allan, Yeats Trevor H, Rose Jocelyn K C, Bird David, Jetter Reinhard, Kunst Ljerka, Samuels Lacey
Abstract excerpt
Plant epidermal cells dedicate more than half of their lipid metabolism to the synthesis of cuticular lipids, which seal and protect the plant shoot. The cuticle is made up of a cutin polymer and waxes, diverse hydrophobic compounds including very-long-chain fatty acids and their derivatives. How such hydrophobic compounds are exported to the cuticle, especially through the hydrophilic plant cell wall, is not...
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