Biological Role of Plant Lipids

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fatty Acid Desaturation in Some Plants of Horticultural Interest: Pea, Spinach, Potato, etc.......Pages 3-12
Studies on the Biosynthesis of Phosphatidylsulfocholine and Deoxyceramidesulfonic Acid in the Diatom Nitzschia Alba ....Pages 13-20
Propionyl-CoA Generation and Catabolism in Higher Plant Peroxisomes....Pages 21-26
De Novo Biosynthesis of Glycerolipids in Plant Mitochondria....Pages 27-30
Accumulation of Lipids in Developing Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae Rhamnoides L .) Fruits....Pages 31-36
Mobilisation of Storage Lipids in Germinating Oilseeds....Pages 37-40
Lipase Inhibition by CoA and Oleoyl-CoA....Pages 41-43
Perspectives of Search for Eicosanoid Analogs in Plants....Pages 45-49
Expression of Lipoxygenase Isozymes in Soybean Tissues....Pages 51-56
Biosynthesis of Homoserine Lipid....Pages 57-60
Lipids of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii : Incorporation of 14 C-Acetate, Palmitate and Oleate into Different Lipids and Evidence for Lipid-Linked Desaturation of Fatty Acids....Pages 61-64
Epicuticular Wax in Lunaria Annua : Aspects of Biosynthesis and Secretion....Pages 65-68
Plasma Membrane Biogenesis in Higher Plants: The Lipid Routes....Pages 69-72
Monensin: A Tool to Study Intracellular Transport of Lipids in Higher Plants....Pages 73-76
Two Mechanisms Could be Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis in Sunflower Seeds....Pages 77-78
Biochemical Characterization of a High Oleic Acid Mutant from Sunflower....Pages 79-80
Studies on the in Vivo Glycerolipid and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Pea Roots....Pages 81-82
The Monooxygenase Pathway of Linoleic Acid Oxidation in Pea Seedlings....Pages 83-85
Enzymatic Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Carotenoids in Tomato Fruit....Pages 87-90
Sodium Chloride Effect on Glyoxysomal Enzyme Activities in Medicago Seedlings....Pages 91-92
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Glycerolipid Synthesis in Microsomes and Oil Bodies of Oil Palm Mesocarp....Pages 93-94
Lipid Synthesis in Oil Palm Kernel....Pages 95-96
Lipoxygenase Activity and Degradation of Essential Fatty Acids in Poppyseed on Storage....Pages 97-98
Lipid Biosynthesis and Composition in Mature and Germinated Olive Pollen....Pages 99-101
Control of Acyl Lipid Desaturation in Rhodotorula Gracilis ....Pages 103-104
Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Chloroplasts of Unhardened and Frosthardened Seedlings of Scots Pine....Pages 105-107
Comparison of Acetate and/or Pyruvate Dependent Fatty Acid Synthesis by Spinach Chloroplasts....Pages 109-112
Biosynthetic Pathway of α-Linolenic Acid in Olive Plant Leaves....Pages 113-117
Metabolism of Exogenous Fatty Acids by Leaves: Positional Specifications....Pages 119-122
Concentration of Long-Chain Acyl-(Acyl-Carrier Protein) in Mesophyl Chloroplasts from the Chilling-Sensitive Plant Amaranthus Lividus L.....Pages 123-125
Techniques for the Purification of Acyl-CoA Elongase from Allium Porrum Leaves....Pages 127-130
Properties of Partially Purified Acyl-CoA Elongase from Allium Porrum Leaves....Pages 131-134
Storage of Medium and Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Two Species of Developing Cuphea Seeds....Pages 135-138
The Ontogeny of Oil Storage Bodies During Seed Development in Crucifers....Pages 139-142
Biosynthesis of Triacylglycerols Containing Very Long Chain Acyl Moieties in Seeds....Pages 143-146
Lipid Synthesis in Developing Cotyledons of Linolenic Acid Deficient Mutants of Linseed....Pages 147-150
Synthesis of Octadecatetraenoic Acid (OTA) in Borage ( Borago Officinalis )....Pages 151-153
Analysis of Specific, Unsaturated Plant Fatty Acids....Pages 155-156
GC/MS Investigation on Different Fatty Acids from Seeds of Some Medicinal Plants....Pages 157-158
Some Aspects of the Role of Photosynthetic Electron Transport Components in Chloroplast Fatty Acid Desaturation....Pages 159-161
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Development of Fatty Acid Synthesis in Greening Avena Leaves....Pages 163-165
A New Betaine Lipid from Ochromonas Danica : Diacylglyceryl-O-2-(Hydroxymethyl) (N,N,N-Trimethyl)-ß-Alanine (DGTA)....Pages 167-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Structural and Functional Aspects of Acyl Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes from Higher Plants....Pages 171-180
Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Desaturation in Spinach Chloroplasts....Pages 181-191
The Function of Membrane Glycerolipid Fatty Acyl Unsaturation in Signal Transduction and Cell Cycle Control: A Biophysical Approach....Pages 193-202
Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Photosynthetic Membrane: Study with Mutants of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 203-206
ESR Studies of Lipid-Protein Interactions in Photosynthetic Membranes....Pages 207-208
The Phase Behaviour of Membrane Lipids and the Organisation of the Photosynthetic Membrane....Pages 209-213
Lipid Composition of Thylakoid Membranes from Tobacco Mutant Chloroplasts Exhibiting Either Only Photosystem I or Photosystem I and II Activity....Pages 215-218
Study on the Lipid Composition of Chloroplasts of the Tobacco Mutant N. Tabacum Var. Xanthi Exhibiting an Increased Photosystem I Activity....Pages 219-223
Changes in the Molecular Organization of Monogalactosyldiacyl-Glycerol between Resting and Functional States of Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 225-226
Associations of Pigment-Protein Complexes in Phospholipid Enriched Bacterial Photosynthetic Membranes....Pages 227-231
Effects of Catalytical Hydrogenation in Situ of Phosphatidylglycerol-Associated Trans-Δ 3 -Hexadecenoate on the Stability of the Thylakoid Light Harvesting Complex....Pages 233-238
The Effects of Paclobutrazol on Sterol and Acyl Lipid Composition of Membranes in Apium Graveolens and Rhodotorula Gracilis ....Pages 239-240
Effects of Phospholipase A 2 Digestion on the Electricfield Sensing Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Membranes of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides ....Pages 241-242
UPD-Galactose-Independent Synthesis of Mono-Galactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG). An Enzymatic Activity of the Spinach Chloroplast Envelope....Pages 243-246
Interactions of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase with Glycolipids....Pages 247-251
Dual Localization of Galactosyl Transferase Activity in Isolated Pea Chloroplasts ?....Pages 253-256
Lipid Synthesis in Isolated Chloroplasts from Acetabularia Mediterranea ....Pages 257-258
Incorporation of Inorganic Phosphate into the Phospholipids of Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 259-260
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
An Auxin-Mediated Control of a Rapid Phosphoinositide Response in Isolated Plant Cell Membranes....Pages 261-264
Positional Distribution of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Galactolipids from Some Algae of Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta, Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta ....Pages 265-266
Effect of Water Stress on Fatty Acids of Chloroplasts in Saratovskaya 55 and Lutescence 1848 Var. Wheat Seedling....Pages 267-269
Photoacustic Spectra of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Fruits and in Plant Oils....Pages 271-273
Epicuticular Waxes of Zea Mays ssp. Mays and Related Species....Pages 275-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Enzymic Synthesis of Mevalonic Acid in Plants....Pages 279-282
Phytoene Desaturase, a Target for Herbicidal Inhibitors....Pages 283-286
Dehydrogenation and Cyclization Reactions in Carotene Biosynthesis....Pages 287-292
The Role of Isopentenyl-Diphosphate Δ-Isomerase in Phytoene Synthesis of Daffodil Chromoplasts....Pages 293-297
Monoterpene Biosynthesis by Chromoplasts from Daffodil Flowers....Pages 299-302
Isolation of Cell Compartments Involved in the Biosynthesis of Lower Terpenoids of Citrofortunella Mitis Fruits....Pages 303-308
Partial Purification of the Enzyme Systems Involved in Mono-, Sesqui- and Diterpene Biosynthesis....Pages 309-312
On the Origin of Isoprenoid Intermediates for the Synthesis of Plastoquinone-9 and ß-Carotene in Developing Chloroplasts....Pages 313-319
Effects of 9ß, 19-Cyclopropylsterols on the Structure and Function of the Plasma Membrane from Maize Roots....Pages 321-324
Triterpenoids in Epicuticular Waxes....Pages 325-328
Fluorescence Anisotropy of Diphenylhexatriene Incorporated into Soybean Phosphatidylcholine Vesicles Containing Plant Sterols....Pages 329-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Modifications to the Two Pathway Scheme of Lipid Metabolism Based on Studies of Arabidopsis Mutants....Pages 335-339
Plant Lipid-Transfer Proteins: Structure, Function and Molecular Biology....Pages 341-350
Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase and its Complementary DNA....Pages 351-360
Cloning and Sequence Determination of a Complementary DNA for Plastid Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Squash....Pages 361-362
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Squash Chloroplasts: Protein Characterization by Purification and cDNA Cloning....Pages 363-366
Acyl Carrier Proteins of Barley Seedling Leaves and Caryopses....Pages 367-370
Immunochemical Aspects of Pea Chloroplasts Acyl Transferase....Pages 371-374
Isoforms of Non-Specific Lipid Transfer Protein from Germinated Castor Bean Seeds....Pages 375-378
Phospholipid Transfer Proteins from Filamentous Fungi....Pages 379-382
Some Characteristics of a Protein a: ACP I Fusion in Plant Fatty Acid Synthesis....Pages 383-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Plant Lipid Biosynthesis as Target for Biocides....Pages 389-400
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase as Target for Herbicides....Pages 401-404
Inhibition of the Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 405-408
Perturbation of Fungal Growth and Lipid Composition by Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids....Pages 409-412
Sterols and Fatty Acids in the Plasma Membranes of Taphrina Deformans Cultured at Low Temperature and with Propiconazole....Pages 413-416
Membrane Lipid Composition of Trichoderma Strains and their Sensitivity to Saponin and Polyene Antibiotics....Pages 417-420
Influence of Haloxyfop-Ethoxyethyl (Grass Herbicide) on Polar Lipids in Tolerant (Pea) and Sensitive (Oat, Wheat) Plants....Pages 421-424
Effect of Paraquat on Lipid Metabolism in Paraquat Resistant and Susceptible Conyza Canadensis ....Pages 425-426
Herbicide Action on the Carotenogenic Pathway....Pages 427-429
Involvement of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids in the Binding and Inhibitory Properties of Atrazine and Diuron....Pages 431-433
Some Effects of Pyrenocine a on Onion Root and Spinach Chloroplast Lipid Metabolism....Pages 435-436
Fluazifop, A Grass-Specific Herbicide, Acts by Inhibiting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase....Pages 437-438
Chloroacetamide Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthesis in the Green Alga Scenedesmus Acutus ....Pages 439-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Plant Lipids as Renewable Sources of Industrial Surfactants....Pages 443-453
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Enzymic Modification of Sunflower Lecithin....Pages 455-459
Non-Caloric Fat Substitute and New Type Emulsifiers on the Basis of Sucrose Esters of Carboxylic Acids....Pages 461-463
Contaminants and Minor Components of Vegetable Oils....Pages 465-468
Metal Impurities of Crude and Edible Vegetable Oils....Pages 469-472
Interactions of Chlorophyll Pigments with Lipids of Rapeseed Oil....Pages 473-474
The Biological Role of Soy Lipids in the Nutrition....Pages 475-479
The Role of Lipids in the Absorption of Vitamin A....Pages 481-482
Investigation of Coffee Lipids....Pages 483-488
Studies on Cereal Lipases....Pages 489-490
Lipid and Antioxidant Content of Red Pepper....Pages 491-494
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Metabolic Responses of Plant Cells to Stress....Pages 497-504
Membrane Response to Environmental Stresses: The Lipid Viewpoint — Introductory Overview....Pages 505-509
Membrane Stability Under Thermal Stress....Pages 511-515
Are Eicosapolyunsaturated Fatty Acids Involved in the Hypersensitive Response in Potato?....Pages 517-520
Effects of Water Stress on the Lipid Metabolism of Durum Wheat....Pages 521-525
Enzymatic Breakdown of Polar Lipids in Cotton Leaves Under Water Stress....Pages 527-529
Effects of Water Stress on Molecular Species Composition of Polar Lipids from Vigna Unguiculata Leaves....Pages 531-532
Strategies of Modification of Membrane Fluidity by Ca talytic Hydrogenation....Pages 533-536
Sodium Chloride Effect on Glycerolipids, Changes During Ripening of Olive....Pages 537-540
Effect of Salt on Lipid Reserves of Cotton Seeds....Pages 541-542
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Metabolism of Inositol Phospholipids in Response to Osmotic Stress in Dunaliella Saline ....Pages 543-544
Homeoviscous Regulation of Membrane Physical State in the Blue-Green Alga, Anacystis Nidulans ....Pages 545-548
Effects of CO 2 Concentration During Growth on Fatty Acid Composition in Chlorella Vulgaris 11H....Pages 549-552
Effects of CO 2 Concentration on the Composition of Lipids in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 553-554
Effects of Low Temperature on Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition of Sorghum Roots and Shoots....Pages 555-558
Temperature -Induced Desaturation of Fatty Acids in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis PCC 6803....Pages 559-561
Choline Tolerant Nicotiana Tabacum Cell Lines are More Resistant to Cool Temperatures than the Coline Sensitive Wild Type....Pages 563-565
Effect of High Temperatures on Oxygen Evolving Activity and Lipid Composition of Isolated Chloroplasts from Spinach and Jojoba Leaves....Pages 567-569
Temperature-Dependent Alteration in CIS and Trans Unsaturation of Fatty Acids in Vibrio SP. Strain ABE-1....Pages 571-574
Temperature Dependence of the Inhibitory Effect of Antibodies to Lipids on Photosynthetic Electron Transport....Pages 575-581
Temperature and Light Effects on the Expression of the Arabidopsis Linolenate Mutant Phenotype in Callus Cultures....Pages 583-584
Infraspecific Variability in Cold Hardiness of Maritime Pine ( Pinus Pinaster Ait.) and Frost Induced Changes in Terpene Hydrocarbon Composition of Oleoresin....Pages 585-590
The Effects of Light and of Osmotic Stress on Enzyme Activities Associated with Galactolipid Synthesis....Pages 591-592
Imbibitional Stress in Dry Pollen: Injury is Caused by the Presence of Gel Phase Phospholipid During Imbibition....Pages 593-594
Increased Leakage from Ageing Pollen Coincides with Increased Leakage from Liposomes Produced From its Purified Lipids....Pages 595-596
Effects of Powdery Mildew Infection on the Lipid Metabolism of Cucumber....Pages 597-601
The Effect of Growth Conditions on the Composition of the Soluble Cuticular Lipids and the Water Permeability of Isolated Cuticular Membranes of Citrus Aurantium L.....Pages 603-606
Effects of Some Detergents on the Sterols of the Red Alga Porphyridium ....Pages 607-610
Back Matter....Pages 611-626