Lipids in Photosynthesis

Essential and Regulatory Functions
2009
ISBN: 978-94-007-3073-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 473 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1073 g

Reihe: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

Lipids in Photosynthesis: Essential and Regulatory Functions, provides an essential summary of an exciting decade of research on relationships between lipids and photosynthesis. The book brings together extensively cross-referenced and peer-reviewed chapters by prominent researchers. The topics covered include the structure, molecular organization and biosynthesis of fatty acids, glycerolipids and nonglycerolipids in plants, algae, lichens, mosses, and cyanobacteria, as well as in chloroplasts and mitochondria. Several chapters deal with the manipulation of the extent of unsaturation of fatty acids and the effects of such manipulation on photosynthesis and responses to various forms of stress. The final chapters focus on lipid trafficking, signaling and advanced analytical techniques. Ten years ago, Siegenthaler and Murata edited "Lipids in Photosynthesis: Structure, Function and Genetics," which became a classic in the field. "Lipids in Photosynthesis: Essential and Regulatory Functions," belongs, with its predecessor, in every plant and microbiological researcher's bookcase.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murata, Norio

Wada, Hajime

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Lipidologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes and Photosynthetic Cells.- Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants — Metabolic Pathways, Structure and Organization.- Biosynthesis and Function of Chloroplast Lipids.- Lipids in Plant Mitochondria.- Plant Sphingolipids: Structure, Synthesis and Function.- Lipids in Algae, Lichens and Mosses.- Molecular Genetics of Lipid Metabolism in the Model Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.- Lipid Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Cyanobacteria.- Heterocyst Envelope Glycolipids.- Lipids in the Structure of Photosystem I, Photosystem II and the Cytochrome b 6 f Complex.- The Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Photosynthesis.- The Role of Glycolipids in Photosynthesis.- Role of Lipids in the Dynamics of Thylakoid Membranes.- Architecture of Thylakoid Membrane Networks.- Regulatory Role of Membrane Fluidity in Gene Expression.- Lipid Trafficking in Plant Photosynthetic Cells.- Regulatory Roles in Photosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Membrane Lipids.- Oxidation of Membrane Lipids and Functions of Oxylipins.- Biosynthesis and Biotechnology of Seed Lipids Including Sterols, Carotenoids and Tocochromanols.- Advanced Mass Spectrometry Methods for Analysis of Lipids from Photosynthetic Organisms.