Phosphatidylglycerol (PG)

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Background of Phosphatidylglycerol

The anionic phospholipid phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is an important phospholipid found by Benson and Maruo from Scenedesmus cells in 1958. Since this discovery, PG has been found in many organisms, and it is now considered to be a ubiquitous phospholipid that is present in almost all organisms.

In mammals, PG is a minor phospholipid component of many intracellular membranes, accounting for less than 1% of total phospholipids, and it's predominantly located in mitochondria and microsomal membranes. In the lung, PG is one of the major components of lung surfactants, mainly in the lamellar membrane. In cyanobacteria and chloroplasts of higher plants, most of the PG is present in the thylakoid membrane, in which oxygenic photosynthesis takes place. PG typically represents a minor component next to other phospholipids, but in the thylakoid and inner envelope, PG is the only phospholipid present and it is present at low levels. In both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, PG is synthesized by cytosine 5’-diphosphate (CDP)-diacylglycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate, involving the action of a membrane-bound PG-phosphate synthase and PG-phosphate phosphatase. In plants, PG biosynthesis occurs in the inner envelope membranes of plastids, in the inner membranes of mitochondria and in the endoplasmic reticulum.

The Structure and Function of Phosphatidylglycerol

The phosphate group in PG is negatively charged at neutral pH, so PG is classified as an anionic phospholipid. The PG structure is shown in Figure 1. In cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of higher plants that perform oxygen-containing photosynthesis, most of the PG is found in the thylakoid membrane, which is the site of photosynthetic light reactions and electron transport. Therefore, PG may play an important role in the main process of photosynthesis in thylakoid membranes. In non-photosynthetic prokaryotes, such as Escherichia coli, PG is an important but not essential participant in cellular metabolism. In non-photosynthetic eukaryotes, PG is synthesized only in mitochondria, where it is involved in the biosynthesis of cardiolipin, which is mainly located in the inner membrane of mitochondria.

Fig 1 Structural model of phosphatidylglycerol.

The Phosphatidylglycerol in Drug Delivery

Our Service for Phosphatidylglycerol

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