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 extensively cross-referenced and peer-reviewed chapters by 52 prominent researchers, from 9 countries. The topics covered include the structure, molecular organization and biosynthesis of fatty acids, glycerolipids and non-glycerolipids in plants, mosses, lichens, algae, and cyanobacteria, as well as in chloroplasts and mitochondria. Several chapters deal with the manipulation of the extent of unsaturation of fatty acids and the effects of such manipulation on photosynthesis and responses to various forms of stress. The final chapters focus on lipid trafficking, signaling and advanced analytical techniques. Ten years ago, Paul André Siegenthaler and Norio Murata had edited "Lipids in Photosynthesis: Structure, Function and Genetics," which has been a unique and an authoritative book in the field. The current new volume belongs, beside its predecessor, on every plant and microbiological researcher's bookcase.
Author(s): Hajime Wada, Norio Murata (auth.), Hajime Wada, Norio Murata (eds.)
Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 30
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 473
Tags: Plant Sciences; Lipidology; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Physiology; Membrane Biology
Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes and Photosynthetic Cells....Pages 1-9
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants — Metabolic Pathways, Structure and Organization....Pages 11-34
Biosynthesis and Function of Chloroplast Lipids....Pages 35-55
Lipids in Plant Mitochondria....Pages 57-76
Plant Sphingolipids: Structure, Synthesis and Function....Pages 77-115
Lipids in Algae, Lichens and Mosses....Pages 117-137
Molecular Genetics of Lipid Metabolism in the Model Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ....Pages 139-155
Lipid Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Cyanobacteria....Pages 157-177
Heterocyst Envelope Glycolipids....Pages 179-202
Lipids in the Structure of Photosystem I, Photosystem II and the Cytochrome b 6 f Complex....Pages 203-242
The Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Photosynthesis....Pages 243-263
The Role of Glycolipids in Photosynthesis....Pages 265-282
Role of Lipids in the Dynamics of Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 283-294
Architecture of Thylakoid Membrane Networks....Pages 295-328
Regulatory Role of Membrane Fluidity in Gene Expression....Pages 329-348
Lipid Trafficking in Plant Photosynthetic Cells....Pages 349-372
Regulatory Roles in Photosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Membrane Lipids....Pages 373-388
Oxidation of Membrane Lipids and Functions of Oxylipins....Pages 389-405
Biosynthesis and Biotechnology of Seed Lipids Including Sterols, Carotenoids and Tocochromanols....Pages 407-444
Advanced Mass Spectrometry Methods for Analysis of Lipids from Photosynthetic Organisms....Pages 445-461
Back Matter....Pages 463-473
