Lipids in Plant and Algae Development

✍ Scribed by Yuki Nakamura, Yonghua Li-Beisson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 524
• Series: Subcellular Biochemistry 86
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book summarizes recent advances in understanding the functions of plant and algal lipids in photosynthesis, in development and signaling, and in industrial applications. As readers will discover, biochemistry, enzymology and analytical chemistry, as well as gene knock-out studies have all contributed to our rapidly increasing understanding of the functions of lipids. In the past few decades, distinct physical and biochemical properties of specific lipid classes were revealed in plant and algal lipids and the functional aspects of lipids in modulating critical biological processes have been uncovered.

These chapters from international authors across relevant research fields highlight the underlying evolutionary context of lipid function in photosynthetic unicellular and multicellular organisms. The book goes on to encompass what lipids can do for industrial applications at a time of fascination with plants and algae in carbon fixation and as sources for production of food, energy and novel chemicals. The developmental context is a part of the fresh and engaging perspective that is presented in this work which graduate students and scientists will find both illuminating and useful.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Lipids: From Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and Analyses to Industrial Applications....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Roles of Lipids in Photosynthesis....Pages 21-49
DGDG and Glycolipids in Plants and Algae....Pages 51-83
Thylakoid Development and Galactolipid Synthesis in Cyanobacteria....Pages 85-101
Role of Lipids in Chloroplast Biogenesis....Pages 103-125
Role of MGDG and Non-bilayer Lipid Phases in the Structure and Dynamics of Chloroplast Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 127-157
Chemical Genetics in Dissecting Membrane Glycerolipid Functions....Pages 159-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Photosynthetic Cells in Plants and Algae....Pages 179-205
Cellular Organization of Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Microalgae....Pages 207-221
High-Throughput Genetics Strategies for Identifying New Components of Lipid Metabolism in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ....Pages 223-247
Plant Sphingolipid Metabolism and Function....Pages 249-286
Plant Surface Lipids and Epidermis Development....Pages 287-313
Role of Lipid Metabolism in Plant Pollen Exine Development....Pages 315-337
Long-Distance Lipid Signaling and its Role in Plant Development and Stress Response....Pages 339-361
Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins (ACBPs) in Plant Development....Pages 363-404
The Rise and Fall of Jasmonate Biological Activities....Pages 405-426
Green Leaf Volatiles in Plant Signaling and Response....Pages 427-443
Front Matter....Pages 445-445
Omics in Chlamydomonas for Biofuel Production....Pages 447-469
Microalgae as a Source for VLC-PUFA Production....Pages 471-510
Understanding Sugar Catabolism in Unicellular Cyanobacteria Toward the Application in Biofuel and Biomaterial Production....Pages 511-523
Back Matter....Pages 525-533

✦ Subjects

Lipidology; Biomedicine general; Biotechnology