Lipids in Photosynthesis Essential and Regulatory Functions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wada, Hajime. (Editor), Murata, Norio. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 30
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Lipids.; Cell membranes.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Lipidology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Physiology.; Membrane Biology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2863-1

This book provides an essential summary of an exciting decade of research on relationships between lipids and photosynthesis. This book, designed both for scientists whose work focuses on photosynthesis and lipids and for graduate students who are developing an interest in the field, brings together...

Table of Contents:

• From the Series Editor. Contents. Preface. Author Index. Colour Plates
• 1.Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes and Photosynthesizing Cells. 2.Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants <U+0013> Metabolic Pathways, Structure and Organization. 3.Biosynthesis and Function of Chloroplast Lipids. 4.Lipids in Plant Mitochondria. 5.Plant Sphingolipids Structure, Synthesis and Function. 6.Lipids in Algae, Mosses and Lichens. 7.Molecular Genetics of Lipid Metabolism in the Model Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 8.Lipid Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Cyanobacteria. 9.Heterocyst Envelope Glycolipids. 10.Lipids in the Structure of Photosystem I, Photosystem II and the Cyt b6f complex. 11.The Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Photosynthesis. 12.The Role of Glycolipids in Photosynthesis. 13.Role of Lipids in Dynamics of Thylakoid Membranes. 14.Architecture of Thylakoid Membrane Networks. 15.Regulatory Role of Membrane Fluidity in Gene Expression. 16.Lipid Trafficking in Plant Photosynthetic Cells. 17.Regulatory Roles in Photosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Membrane Lipids. 18.Oxidation of Membrane Lipids and Function of Oxylipins. 19.Biosynthesis and Biotechnology of Seed Lipids Including Sterols. 20.Advanced Mass Spectrometry Methods for Analysis of Lipids from Photosynthetic Organisms
• Index.