Plant Lipid Metabolism

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Cyanobacterial Desaturases: Aspects of Their Structure and Regulation....Pages 3-8
Membrane Lipid Structure and Plant Function: What are The Relationships?....Pages 9-14
Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Growth and Development of Arabidopsis ....Pages 15-17
Membrane Bound Desaturases and Hydroxylases: Structure Function Studies....Pages 18-20
PCR-Based Cloning of Membrane-Bound Desaturases....Pages 21-23
Cytochrome b 5 and fatty acid desaturation....Pages 24-26
Preparation of 12-[ 3 H]-Oleates for Assay of the Δ-12 Desaturase....Pages 27-29
The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Species within the Section Arachis Utilizing a Fatty Acid Synthesis Gene....Pages 30-32
Lipid Metabolism in Mucor Javanicus ....Pages 33-35
Are Diacylglycerols Possible Substrates for Linoleate Desaturation in Safflower Cotyledons ( Carthamus tinctorius L.)?....Pages 36-38
Biochemical and Molecular Biological Characterization of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylases....Pages 39-42
Maize Acetyl-CoEnzyme a Carboxylase Genes....Pages 43-45
Expression of an Algal Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Gene in E. Coli ....Pages 46-48
Biochemical and Molecular Biological Characterization of Biotinylated Proteins of Plants....Pages 49-51
Compartmentalization of Two Forms of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and Plant Tolerance towards Herbicides....Pages 52-54
Towards a Structural Understanding of Enzymes of Lipid Biosynthesis....Pages 55-57
Chemical Regulation of Acetyl-Coa Formation and De Novo Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants....Pages 58-60
The Secretive Family of β-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthases....Pages 61-71
In Planta Expression of cDNA Encoding 3-Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III (KAS III) from Spinach....Pages 72-74
Purification, Crystallization, and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Analysis of a Condensing Enzyme....Pages 75-77
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Inhibition of Fatty Acid Condensing Enzymes in Plants....Pages 78-80
Powerful New Antibodies to β -Ketoacyl-ACP Synthases....Pages 81-83
Screening Barley for Condensing Enzymes of the Fatty Acid Synthase....Pages 84-86
A Molecular Study on the Functional Relationship Between Prokaryotic and Plant Enoyl-ACP Reductases....Pages 87-89
Expression of MRNA and Steady-State Levels of Protein Isoforms of Enoyl-ACP Reductase From Brassica napus ....Pages 90-92
Soluble and Membrane Associated Enoyl Reductases in Brassica Napus ....Pages 93-95
The Purification of Acetoacyl Carrier Protein Synthase from Avocado and Identification of a Separate Acetyl CoA:ACP Transacylase Activity....Pages 96-98
Over-Expression and Study of β-Ketoacyl-[ACP] Reductase from Brassica Napus Seed....Pages 99-101
Isolation and Characterization of Stearoyl-ACP Thioesterase....Pages 102-104
A Novel Acyltransferase Activity in an Oleaginous Alga....Pages 105-107
Dihydrosterculate in Tobacco Transformed with Bacterial Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase....Pages 108-110
Modulation of the Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acid (VLCFA) Formation in Leek....Pages 111-114
Thiocarbamate Action on very Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis in Plants....Pages 115-117
Elongation System Involved in the Biosynthesis of very Long Chain Fatty Acids in Brassica Napus Seeds: Characterization and Solubilization....Pages 118-120
Study of the partially purified C18:1-CoA elongase from developing rapeseeds (Brassica napus L.) ....Pages 121-123
Characterization of the trans 2–3 enoyl-CoA reductase of the acyl-CoA elongase from leek (Allium porrum L.)....Pages 124-126
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Genes Involved in Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis....Pages 127-130
Design of News Modulators of the Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids Biosynthesis....Pages 131-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Ultrastructural Features of Chloroplasts from Fatty Acid Desaturase Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 135-140
Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Scattering Studies of the Structural Organisation of Prolamellar Bodies Isolated from Zea mays ....Pages 141-143
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
MGDG Synthase of Spinach Chloroplast Envelope: Properties of the Substrate Binding Sites....Pages 144-151
UDP-Galactose: Diacylglycerol Galactosyltransferase in Cucumber Seedlings: Purification of the Enzyme and the Activation by Phosphatidic Acid....Pages 152-155
Detection of Phosphatidylglycerol and Monogalactosyl-Diglyceride on Peptides of Photosystem I in Nicotiana Tabacum Species....Pages 156-160
Intrachloroplastic Lipid Export : A General Process with a Key Role for the Chloroplast Envelope in the Establishment of Lipid Asymmetry in Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 161-163
Localization of Lipids and Xanthophylls in Inside-Out Vesicles from Thylakoids of Nicotiana Tabacum ....Pages 164-169
Thoughts Concerning a New Paradigm of the Photosystem II Region of the Thylakoid Membrane Based on Lipid Structure and Function....Pages 170-172
Lipid Dependence of Protein Kinase Activities in Spinach Chloroplast Envelope Membranes....Pages 173-175
Polar Lipid Composition, Photosynthetic Activity and Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes of Chloroplasts from Hemiparasitic Angiosperms Originating from Temperate and Tropical Areas....Pages 176-178
 In Vivo Manipulation of Lipid Composition in Mutants of Chlamydomonas ReinhardtII: A Tool to Study the Roles of Lipids in the Biogenesis of the Photosynthetic Membrane....Pages 179-181
Temperature and Light Conditions during the Growth of Squash Seedlings Influence Greatly the Relative Content of Phosphatidylglycerol Molecular Species in Cotyledons....Pages 182-184
Investigations of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Pea Root Plastid Preparations....Pages 185-187
Formation of Autophagic Vacuoles and Accumulation of Deacylation Products of Membrane Polar Lipids During the Course of Sucrose Starvation in Higher Plant Cells....Pages 188-196
Lipid Composition of Intact and Functional Mitochondria Isolated From Arabidopsis Thaliana Suspension Cultures....Pages 197-199
Purification and Characterization of Carnitine Acyltransferase from Mung-Bean ( Vigna radiata L.) Mitochondria....Pages 200-202
Lipid Changes in Mitochondria of Arum Italicum Spadix During the Inflorescence Development....Pages 203-205
Approach to in Vivo Function of Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Proteins in Higher Plants....Pages 206-209
Reconstituted Lipid Transfer: Comparison of the Regulation of Acyl Lipid Release from Endoplasmic Reticulum and Chloroplast Envelope....Pages 210-212
Isolation of Transfer Vesicles Issued from the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Leek Seedlings....Pages 213-215
Biosynthesis of an Unusual Phospholipid, N- -Acyl-Phosphatidylethanolamine in Cotton Cotyledons....Pages 216-218
Regulation of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase by Protein Phosphorylation: A Plasma Membrane-Cytoskeletal Connection....Pages 219-223
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Do The Maize Phosphatidylinositolphosphate-Kinase Discriminate Between The Phosphatidylinositol Molecular Species ?....Pages 224-226
On The Presence of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins in Plants....Pages 227-229
Pathway of Synthesis of 3- and 4-Phosphorylated Phosphoinositides in Stomatal Guard Cells of Commelina Communis L....Pages 230-232
Solubilization and Selectivity of the Phosphatidylinositol-Synthase from Etiolated Maize Coleoptile Microsomes....Pages 233-235
Lipids in Brown Algae: Identification of a New Phospholipid and the Use of the Betaine Lipid Dgta as a Taxonomic Marker....Pages 236-238
The Transbilayer Distribution of Glucosylceramide in Plant Plasma Membrane....Pages 239-241
Changes in the Synthesis of Unusual Glycolipids During Somatic Embryogenesis in Daucus Carota ....Pages 242-246
ATPase and H + Transport Activities in Microsomes from Cotyledons of Sunflower ( Helianthus Annuus L.) Genotypes Differing in Oleic Acid Content....Pages 247-249
Lipid Modulation of the Activity of Tonoplast H + -Atpase Purified from Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata L.) Hypocotyls....Pages 250-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Developmental Implications of Membrane Hyperfluidity Induced by Lipid Peroxidation and Subsequent Jasmonate Formation....Pages 255-258
Estimation of Free and Bound MDA in Plant Extracts: Comparison Between Spectrophotometric and HPLC Methods....Pages 259-261
Oxylipins in Plants: The Peroxygenase Pathway....Pages 262-264
Peroxisomal Catabolism of Linoleic Acid....Pages 265-267
Fatty Acid Oxidation Enzymes of the Yeast Candida Cloacae ....Pages 268-270
α-Oxidation of Fatty Acids in Cucumber....Pages 271-273
Physiologically Active Products of Plant Lipoxygenase Pathway....Pages 274-279
Temporal and Organ-Specific Expression of Enzymes of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxide Metabolism in Developing Sunflower Seedlings....Pages 280-282
Formation of Ketols of 9-Hydroxylinolenic Acid in Corn Seeds....Pages 283-285
Cloning of an Elicitor-Induced Lipoxygenase cDNA from Tobacco....Pages 286-288
Enzyme Assisted Formation of Fatty Acid Hydroperoxide....Pages 289-291
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Jasmonate- and Stress-Induced Lipoxygenase Forms in Barley Leaf Segments (Hordeum Vulgare CV. Salome)....Pages 292-294
Hydroperoxide Dehydrase in Barley Grains....Pages 295-297
Isolation and Characterization of a Lipase from Botrytis Cinerea ....Pages 298-300
Induction of Lipase Activity in Germinating Barley....Pages 301-303
Properties of a Purified Soluble MGDG-ACYL-Hydrolase from Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) Leaves....Pages 304-306
A Phospholipase Activity Causes Changes in Phospholipid Composition of Tobacco Cells in Response to Fungal Elicitors....Pages 307-309
Phospholipase Activities Associated with the Tonoplast from Acer Pseudoplatanus Cells: Identification of a Phospholipase A 1 Activity....Pages 310-312
In Vitro Phospholipase Activity of Capsicein, an α-Elicitin Secreted by a Phytopathogenic Fungus, Phytophthora Capsici ....Pages 313-315
Possible Role of Membrane Lipid Degradation in Tulip Bulb Scale Micropropagation....Pages 316-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Some New Aspects of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plants....Pages 321-334
Molecular Cloning of Radish Acetoacetyl-Coenzyme a Thiolase by Genetic Complementation of a Yeast Mutant....Pages 335-337
Plant Sterol Biosynthesis. Identification of the Component Reactions of Oxidative Sterol C4-Demethylation....Pages 338-340
Plant Sterol Biosynthesis. Cytochrome P-450 Obtusifoliol 14α-Methyl Demethylase a Key Enzymatic Step....Pages 341-343
Effect of Salinity on the Sterol Content of Soybean Root Membranes....Pages 344-346
Regulation and Functions of Sterols in Yeast....Pages 347-349
Relative Squalene Synthase Activity and Its Kinetic Properties in Different Yeast Strains....Pages 350-352
Jasmonic Acid Induced Changes in Carotenoid Levels and Zeaxanthin Cycle Performance....Pages 353-355
Purification and Characterization of Abietadiene Cyclase of Maritime Pine ( Pinus Pinaster Ait.)....Pages 356-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Recent Environmental Concerns and Lipid Metabolism....Pages 361-368
Is the Membrane the Primary Target in the Biological Perception of Temperature? Effect of Membrane Physical State on the Expression of Stress-Defence Genes....Pages 369-371
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Temperature Regulation of Desaturation of Fatty Acids in Cytosolic and Chloroplastic Glycerolipids....Pages 372-377
Acyl Turnover in Triacylglycerols. Its Role in the Regulation by Temperature of the 18:1/18:2 Ratio in Sunflower Seeds....Pages 378-380
Correlation Studies between Chilling Sensitivity of Stored Basil Leaves and their Composition of Membrane Lipids....Pages 381-383
Wheat Lipid Accumulation is Altered by the “Greenhouse Effect”....Pages 384-386
Effects of a Heat Shock on the Molecular Species of Rape Polar Lipids....Pages 387-389
The Effect of Temperature and Abscisic Acid on the Level of Erucic Acid in the Oil of Oilseed Rape....Pages 390-392
Effects of Pesticides on the Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Lipophilic Components in Plant Cuticles....Pages 393-407
Influence of Chloroacetamide Herbicides on Scenedesmus Acutus Fatty Acids. A Central Role of Oleic Acid?....Pages 408-410
Lipid Metabolism in Scenedesmus Acutus Wild Type and Metazachlor Tolerant Cell Lines....Pages 411-413
Effects of Powdery Mildew on the Leaf Surface Waxes of Wheat....Pages 414-416
Effects of Hexaconazole on the Plasma Membranes of Alternaria Brassicicola ....Pages 417-419
Effects of Proline and Glycine Betaine on Lipid Peroxidation in Rape ( Brassica napus L.) Leaves Submitted to Water Stress....Pages 420-422
Salt Effect on Lipid Metabolism of Rape Seeds during Germination....Pages 423-425
Effects of Drought Stress on Enzymatic Breakdown of Galactolipids in Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) Leaves....Pages 426-428
Salt Stress Effect on Polar Lipid Metabolism of Olive Leaves....Pages 429-431
Adaptation of Potato Cells to Low Water Potential and Changes in Membrane Fatty Acid Composition and Fluidity....Pages 432-434
Sodium Chloride Effect on the Evolution of Fatty Acid Composition in Developing Rape Seedlings....Pages 435-437
Effect of Salt on [1- 14 C] Acetate Incorporation in Developing Cotton Seeds....Pages 438-440
Comparison of Fatty Acid Composition of Phospholipids in Normal and Habituated Sugar Beet Cell Lines....Pages 441-443
Infection by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Glomus Mosseae of Leek Plants ( Allium Porum L.): Effect On Lipids....Pages 444-446
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Increasing the Content of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Spirulina Platensis and Porphyridium Cruentum by Variation of Light and Nutrients....Pages 447-449
Influence of Summer Episodes of Atmospheric O 3 on Δ 5 and Δ 9 Fatty Acids in Lipids of Norway Spruce During Winter Hardening....Pages 450-452
Gibberellic Acid Analogs Modification of Epicuticular Wax....Pages 453-455
Formation of ω -Feruloyloxypalmitic Acid and Tetradecyl Ferulate in Enzymic Extracts of Wound-Healing Potato Tuber Discs ( Solanum tuberosum L.)....Pages 456-458
The Leaf Acyl Lipid Composition of Plants Exposed to Moderately Enhanced Levels of Ozone: Species, Age and Dose Dependence....Pages 459-461
 In Vivo and In Vitro Inhibition of Fatty Acid Desaturation by the Antibiotic Cerulenin....Pages 462-464
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Structure of Plant Enoyl-ACP Reductase Genes....Pages 467-469
Decanoyl-acyl Carrier Protein Inhibits the β-Ketoacyl-acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III in Cuphea Lanceolata Seed Extract....Pages 470-472
Studies in the Optimisation of the Overexpression of β-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase i from Barley and Escherichia Coli ....Pages 473-475
Transgenic Expression of Bacterial Fas Components in Rapeseed....Pages 476-478
Synthesis of Starch and Fatty Acids By Plastids Isolated from Developing Embryos of Oilseed Rape....Pages 479-481
Identification of a Low Density Membrane Fraction Involved in Storage Triacylglycerol Synthesis....Pages 482-484
Molecular Characterization of Aconitase in Etiolated Pumpkin Cotyledons....Pages 485-487
Effects of the constitutive expression of a medium chain acyl-ACP thioesterase from California Bay on leaf lipid composition of transformed Brassica plants....Pages 488-490
Cloning and Expression in Escherichia Coli of a Novel Thioesterase from Arabidopsis Thaliana Specific for Long Chain Acyl-Acyl Carrier Proteins....Pages 491-494
Expression of Acyl-[ACP] Thioesterase in Cuphea Lanceolata and in Transgenic Rapeseed....Pages 495-498
Genetic and Biochemical Studies of Medium Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis in Cuphea ....Pages 499-502
Utilization of Laurate by the Kennedy Pathway in Developing Seeds of Brassica Napus Expressing a 12:0-ACP Thioesterase Gene....Pages 503-505
Reducing Polyunsaturation in Oils of Transgenic Canola and Soybean....Pages 506-508
Solubilization of ∆12- and ∆6-Desaturases from Seeds of Borage Microsomes....Pages 509-511
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Sunflower Mutants with Altered Fatty Acid Composition in the Seed Oil....Pages 512-514
Direct Genetic Selection of a Maize cDNA Clone that Encodes a Protein Which has Similarities to Fatty-Acyltransferases....Pages 515-517
Interaction of Photoreactive Substrate Analogs with Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase from Microspore-Derived Embryos of Oilseed Rape....Pages 518-520
Acyltransferase Activities Specific to Sn-2 in Low Linolenic Acid Rapeseed Lines....Pages 521-524
Photoaffinity Labeling of Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferase from Developing Castor Bean Endosperm....Pages 525-527
Role of Cholinephosphotransferase and Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase in Channeling Unusual Fatty Acids into the Triacylglycerol Pool During Oilseed Development....Pages 528-530
cDNA Clones from Limnanthes Douglasii Encoding an Erucoyl-CoA Specific 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase....Pages 531-533
Cloning of a cDNA Coding for a Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Cuphea Lanceolata ....Pages 534-536
Characterization of the Diacylglycerol Acyl-Transferase in the Lipid Body Fraction from an Oleaginous Fungus....Pages 537-539
Identification of Jojoba Seed acyl-CoA:Fatty Alcohol Acyltransferase by Photolabeling with acyl-CoA Analog....Pages 540-542
Acyl CoA Binding Proteins in Brassica Napus L.: Amino Acid Sequence, Genes and Expression....Pages 543-545
An Uncommon Pathway in the Biosynthesis of Acetylenic Fatty Acids in Mosses....Pages 546-548
Germinating Rapeseed as Biocatalyst for Lipolytic and Synthetic Reactions....Pages 549-551
Lipolytic Activity Isolated from Sunflower ( Helianthus Annuus L. ) Germinating Seed Spherosomes....Pages 552-554
Factors Affecting Lipase Activity in the Oil Palm ( Elaeis Guineensis ) Mesocarp....Pages 555-557
Are Oleosins Only Associated with Oil Bodies from Desiccation Tolerant Plant Tissues?....Pages 558-560
Oil Body Proteins....Pages 561-563
Olive Oil Biogenesis. Contribution of Fruit photosynthesis....Pages 564-566
Comparative Study of Oil Composition in Four Olive Varieties....Pages 567-569
Towards Genetic Engineering of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)....Pages 570-572
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Neutral Lipids of Mature and Developing Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophaë Rhamnoides L.) Fruits....Pages 573-578
Back Matter....Pages 579-588