Genomic and biochemical analyses of lipid biosynthesis in Cyanophora paradoxa: limited role of the chloroplast in fatty acid synthesis.

Archaeplastida, a group of photosynthetic organisms with primary plastids, consists of green algae (plus land plants), red algae, and glaucophytes. In contrast to green and red algae, information on lipids and lipid biosynthesis is still incomplete in the glaucophytes. The chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis and fatty acid synthesis in all photosynthetic organisms known to date.