Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Is the Chloroplast Fatty Acid Synthase a Multienzyme Complex?....Pages 3-5
Structure-Function Studies on Desaturases and Related Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases....Pages 6-10
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase from Brassica napus ....Pages 11-13
Transgenic Modification of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase and ß-Keto Reductase Levels in Brassica Napus Functional and Regulatory Analysis....Pages 14-16
Enzyme Studies on Isoforms of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase....Pages 17-19
Expression of the Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Multi-Subunit Enzyme in Oilseed Rape....Pages 20-22
Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein and Biotin Carboxylase Subunits of the Multi Subunit form of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase from Brassica Napus ....Pages 23-25
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Activity in the Oil Palm....Pages 26-28
Soybean Chloroplast Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase....Pages 29-31
Two Forms of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase in Higher Plants and Effects of UV-B on the Enzyme Levels....Pages 32-34
Characterization and Cloning of Biotin Holocarboxylase Synthetase from Higher Plants....Pages 35-37
Structural Studies on Plant and Bacterial Reductases Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis....Pages 38-41
A Novel Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Straight and Branched, Odd- and Even-Length Medium Chain Fatty Acids in Plants....Pages 42-44
Does Endogenous Acyl-CoA Synthetase Activity Generate the Primer in Biosynthesis of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids?....Pages 45-47
Modification of Plant Epicular Waxes....Pages 48-50
Biochemistry of Short-Chain Alkanes: Evidence for an Elongation/Reduction/Cl-Elimination Pathway....Pages 51-53
A Re-Examination of Pathways for the Biosynthesis of Medium and Long Chain Fatty Acids in Seeds of Several Plants....Pages 54-56
Biosynthesis of an Acetylenic Fatty Acid in Microsomal Preparations from Developing Seeds of Crepis Alpina ....Pages 57-59
Metabolism of Palmitate Differs in Neurospora Crassa Mutants with Impaired Fatty Acid Synthase....Pages 60-62
Hydroxy Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Genetic Transformation in the Genus Lesquerella ( Brassicaceae )....Pages 63-65
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Developmental Changes in Substrate Utilization for Fatty Acid Synthesis by Plastids Isolated from Oilseed Rape Embryos....Pages 66-68
ß-Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein [ACP] Synthase II in the Oil Palm ( Elaeis Guineensis Jacq .) Mesocarp....Pages 69-71
The Products of the Microsomal Fatty Acid Elongase are Determined by the Expression and Specificity of the Condensing Enzyme....Pages 72-74
Chloroplastic Carnitine Acetyltransferase....Pages 75-77
Function of Chloroplastic Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase....Pages 78-80
Kinetic Analysis of the Mechanism of Enoyl-ACP Reductase....Pages 81-83
Identification and Characterization of 9-cis-Hexadecenoic Acid Cis-Trans Isomerase of Pseudomonas Sp. Strain E-3....Pages 84-86
Intracellular Distribution of Fatty Acid Desaturases in Cyanobacterial Cells and Higher-Plant Chloroplasts....Pages 87-89
Triacylglycerols Participate in the Eukaryotic Pathway of PUFAs Biosynthesis in the Red Microalga Porphyridium Cruentum ....Pages 90-92
Elucidation of the Biosynthesis of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) in the Microalga Porphyridium Cruentum ....Pages 93-95
Immobilization of Hydroperoxide Lyase from Chlorella for the Production of C13 Oxo-Carboxylic Acid....Pages 96-98
Allene Oxide Cyclase from Corn: Partial Purification and Characterization....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
How is Sulpholipid Metabolised?....Pages 104-106
Biochemical Characterization of Cottonseed Microsomal N -Acylphosphatidylethanolamine Synthase....Pages 107-109
Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis in Soybeans: The Cloning and Characterization of Genes Encoding Enzymes of the Nucleotide Pathway....Pages 110-112
Phospholipid Metabolism by Castor Microsomes....Pages 113-115
Biosynthesis of Diacylglyceryl- N , N , N ,-Trimethylhomoserine (DGTS) in Rhodobacter Sphaeroides and Evidence for Lipid-Linked N -Methylation....Pages 116-118
 De Novo Biosynthesis of Eukaryotic Glycerolipids in Chloroplasts of Transgenic Tobacco Plants....Pages 119-121
Fungal Oil Biosynthesis....Pages 122-124
Triton X-100 Solubilization of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase from the Lipid Body Fraction in an Oleaginous Fungus....Pages 125-127
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Binding of Lipids on Lipid Transfer Proteins....Pages 128-130
Variations in UDGT Activity Imposed by Growth Conditions Reflect Internal Availability of Substrates....Pages 131-133
The Role and Partial Purification of CTP: Ethanolaminephosphate Cytidylyltransferase in Postgermination Castor Bean Endosperm....Pages 134-136
Identification of a Region in Stromal Glycerol 3-Phosphate Acyltransferase Which Controls Acyl Chain Specificity....Pages 137-139
The Purification and Characterisation of Phosphatidate Phosphatase from Avocado....Pages 140-142
Analysis of Plant Cerebrosides by C 18 and C 6 HPLC....Pages 143-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
The Role of Membrane Lipids in the Arrangement of Complexes in Photosynthetic Membranes....Pages 148-150
Lipids in Cell Signalling: A Review....Pages 151-153
Release of Lipid Catabolites from Membranes by Blebbing of Lipid-Protein Particles....Pages 154-156
Chloroplast Membrane Lipids as Possible Primary Targets for Nitric Oxide — Mediated Induction of Chloroplast Fluorescence in Pisum Sativum ( Argentum Mutant )....Pages 157-159
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins in Plants....Pages 160-162
Effects of Exogenous Free Oleic Acid on Membrane Fatty Acid Composition and Physiology of Lemna Minor Fronds....Pages 163-165
A New Arabidopsis Mutant with Reduced 16:3 Levels....Pages 166-168
Study on the Fatty Acids of Lipids Bound to Peptides of Photosystem II of Nicotiana Tabacum ....Pages 169-171
The Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter Violaceus Lacks Sulfoquinovosyl Diacylglycerol....Pages 172-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
A Novel Mevalonate-Independent Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Carotenoids, Phytol and Prenyl Chain of Plastoquinone-9 in Green Algae and Higher Plants....Pages 177-179
Biosynthesis of Sterols in Green Algae ( Scenedesmus , Chlorella ) According to a Novel, Mevalonate-Independent Pathway....Pages 180-182
Plant Sterol Biosynthesis: Identification and Characterization of Δ 7 -Sterol C5(6)-Desaturase....Pages 183-185
Phytosterol Synthesis. Identification, Enzymatic Characterization and Design of Potent Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of Δ 5,7 -Sterol-Δ 7 -Reductase....Pages 186-188
The Occurrence and Biological Activity of Ferulate-Phytosterol Esters in Corn Fiber and Corn Fiber Oil....Pages 189-191
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
The Occurrence of Long Chain Polyprenols in Leaves of Plants....Pages 192-194
Taxonomic Aspects of the Sterol and Δ11-Hexadecenoic Acid (C16:1, Δ11) Distribution in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Spores....Pages 195-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Lack of Trienoic Fatty Acids in an Arabidopsis Mutant Increases Tolerance of Photosynhesis to High Temperature....Pages 200-202
A Trienoic Fatty Acid Deficient Mutant of Arabidopsis is Defective in Recovery from Photoinhibition at Low Temperatures....Pages 203-205
Growth Temperature and Irradiance Modulate Trans-Δ 3 -Hexadecenoic Acid Content and Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex Organization....Pages 206-208
Responses to Cold in Transgenic Russet Burbank and Bolivian Potato....Pages 209-211
Low-Temperature Resistance of Higher Plants is Significantly Enhanced by a Non-Specific Δ9 Desaturase from Cyanobacteria....Pages 212-214
Biochemical Aspect on the Effect of Titavit Treatment on Carotenoids, Lipids and Antioxidants in Spice Red Pepper....Pages 215-217
Effect on Environmental Conditions on the Molecular Species Composition of Galactolipids in the Alga Porphyridium Cruentum ....Pages 218-220
Chilling Injury and Lipid Biosynthesis in Tomato Pericarp....Pages 221-223
Cerebrosides in Seed-Plant Leaves: Composition of Fatty Acids and Sphingoid Bases....Pages 224-226
Changes in Phosphatidylinositol Metabolism in Suspension Cultured Tobacco Cells Submitted to Stress....Pages 227-229
Inhibition of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis by Salicylic Acid and Salicylhydroxamic Acid and Their Modes of Action....Pages 230-232
Idioblast as a Model System for the Study of Biosynthesis of Lipids with Antifungal Properties in Avocado Fruits....Pages 233-235
Inhibition of Three Soybean Fungal Plant Pathogens by Lipid Derivatives and Natural Compounds....Pages 236-238
Can Lipids from the Freshwater Alga Selenastrum Capricornutum (CCAP 278/4) Serve as an Indicator of Heavy Metal Pollution in Freshwater Environments?....Pages 239-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Purification and Characterization of a Microsomal Phospholipase A 2 from Developing Elm Seeds....Pages 244-246
Biogeneration of Green Odor Emitted by Green Leaves — On HPO Lyase and Relationship of LOX-HPO Lyase Activities to Environmental Stimuli....Pages 247-249
Do Lipoxygenases Initiate β-Oxidation?....Pages 250-252
Degradation of Acetylenic Triacylglyceroles and the Inactivation of Membrane Preparations from Moss Protonema Cells....Pages 253-255
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Storage Lipid Mobilization during Nitrogen Assimilation in a Marine Diatom....Pages 256-258
Biocatalytic Oxidation of Acylglycerol and Methyl Ester....Pages 259-261
Volatile Production by the Lipoxygenase Pathway in Olive Callus Cultures....Pages 262-264
Immobilization of Lipoxygenase in an Alginate-Silicate Solgel Matrix: Formation of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxides....Pages 265-267
Expression and Location of Lipoxygenases in Soybean Seeds and Seedlings....Pages 268-270
Relationship between Lipdoxygenase — Catalyzed Formation of Dihydroxylated Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Its Auto-Inactivation....Pages 271-274
Changes of Phospholipase D Activity during Rape Seed Development and Processing....Pages 275-277
Lipase Activity in Germinating Oil Palm Seeds....Pages 278-280
Effect of γ-Irradiation on Tomato Fruit Ripeness with Special Regard to Lipoxygenase Activity, Carotenoid Content and Antioxidation Potency....Pages 281-283
Expression and Substrate Specificity of Lipoxygenase Isoenzymes Embryos of Germinating Barley....Pages 284-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Oleosins: Their Subcellular Targeting and Role in Oil-Body Ontogeny....Pages 289-291
Evolution of Oleosins....Pages 292-294
Oils-To-Oleosins Ratio Determines the Size and Shape of Oil Bodies in Maize Kernels....Pages 295-297
Development of Genetically Engineered Oilseeds....Pages 298-300
Regulation of Oil Composition in Oilseed Rape ( B. Napus L ): Effects of Abscisic Acid and Temperature....Pages 301-303
Broad-Range and Binary-Range Acyl-ACP Thioesterases from Medium-Chain Producing Seeds....Pages 304-306
Carbon Partitioning in Plastids during Development of B. Napus Embryos....Pages 307-309
Isolation and Purification of Membrane Fractions Involved in Triacylglycerol Metabolism in Developing Seeds of Brassica Napus L.....Pages 310-312
Altered Fatty Acid Composition of Membrane Lipids in Seeds and Seedling Tissues of High-Saturate Canolas....Pages 313-315
Mutants of Brassica Napus with Altered Seed Lipid Fatty Acid Composition....Pages 316-318
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Erucic Acid Distribution in Brassica Oleracea Seed Oil Triglycerides....Pages 319-321
Fatty Acid Composition of Different Tissues During High Stearic or High Palmitic Sunflower Mutants Germination....Pages 322-324
Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism of Olives....Pages 325-327
Biogenesis of Alcohols Present in the Aroma of Virgin Olive Oil....Pages 328-330
Dynamics of Triacylglycerol Composition in Developing Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophaë Rhamnoides L.) Fruits....Pages 331-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Molecular Biology of Genes Involved in Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis....Pages 336-338
Expression of Genes Involved in Wax Biosynthesis in Leek....Pages 339-341
Expression of Castor and L. Fendleri Oleate 12-hydroxylases in Transgenic Plants....Pages 342-344
Characterization of Phospholipase D-Overexpressed and Suppressed Transgenic Tobacco and Arabidopsis....Pages 345-347
Purification and Molecular Cloning of Bell Pepper Fruit Fatty Acid Hydroperoxide Lyase....Pages 348-350
Production of γ-Linolenic Acid by Transgenic Plants Expressing Cyanobacterial or Plant △ 6 -Desaturase Genes....Pages 351-353
cDNA Cloning of Cucumber Monogalactosyl Diacylglycerol Synthase and the Expression of the Active Enzyme in Escherichia Coli ....Pages 354-356
Differential Display of mRNA from Oil-Forming Cell Suspension Cultures of Brassica Napus ....Pages 357-359
Analysis of the Arabidopsis Enoyl-ACP Reductase Promoter in Transgenic Tobacco....Pages 360-362
Molecular Biology of Biotin-Containing Enzymes Required in Lipid Metabolism....Pages 363-367
Over-Expression, Purification and Characterization of an Acyl-CoA Binding Protein from Brassica Napus L. ....Pages 368-370
Sequence Analysis of CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase cDNA from Arabidopsis Thaliana ....Pages 371-373
Approaches to the Design of Acyl-ACP Desaturases with Altered Fatty Acid Chain-Length and Double Bond Positional Specificities....Pages 374-376
Effect of a Mammalian Δ-9 Desaturase on Specific Lipids in Transgenic Plant Tissues....Pages 377-379
Two Acyl-Lipid Δ9 Desaturase Genes of the Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus SP. Strain PCC7002....Pages 380-382
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Isolation and Characterization of Two Different Microsomal ω-6 Desaturase Genes in Cotton ( Gossypium Hirsutum L.)....Pages 383-385
Can E. Coli β-Hydroxydecanoyl-ACP Dehydrase and β-Keto-Acyl-ACP Synthase I Interact with Brassica Napus Fatty Acid Synthase to Alter Oil Seed Composition?....Pages 386-388
Isolation of Cytochrome P-450 Genes from Vernonia Galamensis ....Pages 389-391
Engineering Trierucin into Oilseed Rape by the Introduction of a 1-Acyl- sn -Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Limnanthes Douglasii ....Pages 392-394
 Brassica Napus CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase: Molecular Cloning and Subcellular Localization in Yeast,and Enzyme Characterization....Pages 395-397
Cloning of a Putative Pea Cholinephoshate Cytidylyltransferase and Evidence for Multiple Genes....Pages 398-400
Immunological Identification of Sunflower ( Helianthus Annuus L.) Spherosomal Lipase....Pages 401-403
Purification and Immunological Analysis of Phospholipase D from Brassica Napus (Rape Seed)....Pages 404-406
Modification of Seed Oil Content and Acyl Composition in the Brassicaceae Utilizing a Yeast sn -2 Acyltransferase ( SLC1-1 ) Gene....Pages 407-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-418