NCBI Accession #
NP_568394.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_122048.4
NCBI Official Full Name
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase 2
NCBI Official Symbol
MGD2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL SYNTHASE 2; ATMGD2; F5O24.300; F5O24_300; monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase 2
NCBI Protein Information
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes a type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) synthase. Strongly induced by phosphate deprivation, and in non-photosynthetic tissues. Does not contribute to galactolipid synthesis under Pi-sufficient conditions but does under Pi starvation.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
MGDB; AtMGD2
UniProt Protein Name
Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase 2, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
MGDG synthase type B
UniProt Primary Accession #
O82730
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q94JU8; W8Q2S4
UniProt Related Accession #
O82730
UniProt Comments
Involved in the synthesis of the major structural component of photosynthetic membranes and in the chloroplast envelope biogenesis. Can use both prokaryotic (18:1/16:0) or eukaryotic (18:2/18:2) 1,2-diacylglycerol species, but operates with some preference for the eukaryotic one.