8 Lipid-Mediated Signaling

Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 33: Intracellular Signaling in Plants
Wendy F. Boss

Wendy F. Boss

Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695 USA

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Daniel V. Lynch

Daniel V. Lynch

Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 01267 USA

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Xuemin Wang

Xuemin Wang

Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, 63121 USA

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, 63132 USA

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First published: 24 April 2018
Citations: 1
This article was originally published in 2008 in Intracellular Signaling in Plants, Volume 33 (ISBN 9781405160025) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Zhenbiao Yang. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.

Abstract

Membrane lipids preserve the integrity of cells and organelles in a constantly changing environment. They modulate protein structure and function and can transduce signals from one side of the membrane to the other. For cells to survive the lipid bilayer must maintain a dynamic flux as it responds and adjusts to both chemical and physical cues. Additional burdens are imposed by their sessile lifestyle as plants survive in a constantly changing environment. To understand how plants adjust to their environment it is essential that we understand how they respond and adjust to environmental cues by altering their lipid chemistry and biochemistry. In this chapter, we have focused on the plant-specific features of phospholipid and sphingolipid signaling.

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