Biological Role of Plant Lipids, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989

1 Lipid Metabolism.- Fatty Acid Desaturation in Some Plants of Horticultural Interest: Pea, Spinach, Potato, etc….- Studies on the Biosynthesis of Phosphatidylsulfocholine and Deoxyceramidesulfonic Acid in the Diatom Nitzschia Alba.- Propionyl-CoA Generation and Catabolism in Higher Plant Peroxisomes.- De Novo Biosynthesis of Glycerolipids in Plant Mitochondria.- Accumulation of Lipids in Developing Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides L.) Fruits.- Mobilisation of Storage Lipids in Germinating Oilseeds.- Lipase Inhibition by CoA and Oleoyl-CoA.- Perspectives of Search for Eicosanoid Analogs in Plants.- Expression of Lipoxygenase Isozymes in Soybean Tissues.- Biosynthesis of Homoserine Lipid.- Lipids of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii : Incorporation of 14C-Acetate, Palmitate and Oleate into Different Lipids and Evidence for Lipid-Linked Desaturation of Fatty Acids.- Epicuticular Wax in Lunaria Annua : Aspects of Biosynthesis and Secretion.- Plasma Membrane Biogenesis in Higher Plants: The Lipid Routes.- Monensin: A Tool to Study Intracellular Transport of Lipids in Higher Plants.- Two Mechanisms Could be Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis in Sunflower Seeds.- Biochemical Characterization of a High Oleic Acid Mutant from Sunflower.- Studies on the in Vivo Glycerolipid and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Pea Roots.- The Monooxygenase Pathway of Linoleic Acid Oxidation in Pea Seedlings.- Enzymatic Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Carotenoids in Tomato Fruit.- Sodium Chloride Effect on Glyoxysomal Enzyme Activiti Es in Medicago Seedlings.- Glycerolipid Synthesis in Microsomes and Oil Bodies of Oil Palm Mesocarp.- Lipid Synthesis in Oil Palm Kernel.- Lipoxygenase Activity and Degradation of Essential Fatty Acids in Poppyseed on Storage.- Lipid Biosynthesis and Composition in Mature and Germinated Olive Pollen.- Control of Acyl Lipid Desaturation in Rhodotorula Gracilis.- Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Chloroplasts of Unhardened and Frosthardened Seedlings of Scots Pine.- Comparison of Acetate and/or Pyruvate Dependent Fatty Acid Synthesis by Spinach Chloroplasts.- Biosynthetic Pathway of ?-Linolenic Acid in Olive Plant Leaves.- Metabolism of Exogenous Fatty Acids by Leaves: Positional Specifications.- Concentration of Long-Chain Acyl-(Acyl-Carrier Protein) in Mesophyl Chloroplasts from the Chillingsensitive Plant Amaranthus Lividus L..- Techniques for the Purification of Acyl-CoA Elongase from Allium Porrum Leaves.- Properties of Partially Purified Acyl-CoA Elongase from Allium Porrum Leaves.- Storage of Medium and Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Two Species of Developing Cuphea Seeds.- The Ontogeny of Oil Storage Bodies During Seed Development in Crucifers.- Biosynthesis of Triacylglycerols Containing Very Long Chain Acyl Moieties in Seeds.- Lipid Synthesis in Developing Cotyledons of Linolenic Acid Deficient Mutants of Linseed.- Synthesis of Octadecatetraenoic Acid (OTA) in Borage (Borago Officinalis).- Analysis of Specific, Unsaturated Plant Fatty Acids.- GC/MS Investigation on Different Fatty Acids from Seeds of Some Medicinal Plants.- Some Aspects of the Role of Photosynthetic Electron Transport Components in Chloroplast Fatty Acid Desaturation.- Development of Fatty Acid Synthesis in Greening Avena Leaves.- A New Betaine Lipid from Ochromonas Danica : Diacylglyceryl-O-2-(Hydroxymethyl) (N,N,N-Trimethyl)-ß-Alanine (DGTA).- 2 Structural and Functional Organization of Lipids.- Structural and Functional Aspects of Acyl Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes from Higher Plants.- Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Desaturation in Spinach Chloroplasts.- The Function of Membrane Glycerolipid Fatty Acyl Unsaturation in Signal Transduction and Cell Cycle Control: A Biophysical Approach.- Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Photosynthetic Membrane: Study with Mutants of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii.- ESR Studies of Lipid-Protein Interactions in Photosynthetic Membranes.- The Phase Behaviour of Membrane Lipids and the Organisation of the Photosynthetic Membrane.- Lipid Composition of Thylakoid Membranes from Tobacco Mutant Chloroplasts Exhibiting Either Only Photosystem I or Photosystem I and II Activity.- Study on the Lipid Composition of Chloroplasts of the Tobacco Mutant N. Tabacum Var. Xanthi Exhibiting an Increased Photosystem I Activity.- Changes in the Molecular Organization of Monogalac- Tosyldiacyl-Glycerol between Resting and Functional States of Thylakoid Membranes.- Associations of Pigment-Protein Complexes in Phospholipid Enriched Bacterial Photosynthetic Membranes.- Effects of Catalytical Hydrogenation in Situ of Phosphatidylglycerol-Associated Trans-?3-Hexadecenoate on the Stability of the Thylakoid Light Harvesting Complex.- The Effects of Paclobutrazol on Sterol and Acyl Lipid Composition of Membranes in Apium Graveolens and Rhodotorula Gracilis.- Effects of Phospholipase A2 Digestion on the Electricfield Sensing Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Membranes of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides.- UPD-Galactose-Independent Synthesis of Mono-Galactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG). An Enzymatic Activity of the Spinach Chloroplast Envelope.- Interactions of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase with Glycolipids.- Dual Localization of Galactosyl Transferase Activity in Isolated Pea Chloroplasts ?.- Lipid Synthesis in Isolated Chloroplasts from Acetabularia Mediterranea.- Incorporation of Inorganic Phosphate into the Phospholipids of Isolated Chloroplasts.- An Auxin-Mediated Control of a Rapid Phosphoinositide Response in Isolated Plant Cell Membranes.- Positional Distribution of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Galactolipids from Some Algae of Rhodophyta. Phaeophyta, Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta.- Effect of Water Stress on Fatty Acids of Chloroplasts in Saratovskaya 55 and Lutescence 1848 Var. Wheat Seedling.- Photoacustic Spectra of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Fruits and in Plant Oils.- Epicuticular Waxes of Zea Mays ssp. Mays and Related Species.- 3 Biosinthesis and Function of Prenyllipids.- Enzymic Synthesis of Mevalonic Acid in Plants.- Phytoene Desaturase, a Target for Herbicidal Inhibitors.- Dehydrogenation and Cyclization Reactions in Carotene Biosynthesis.- The Role of Isopentenyl-Diphosphate ?-Isomerase in Phytoene Synthesis of Daffodil Chromoplasts.- Monoterpene Biosynthesis by Chromoplasts from Daffodil Flowers.- Isolation of Cell Compartments Involved in the Biosynthesis of Lower Terpenoids of Citrofortunella Mitis Fruits.- Partial Purification of the Enzyme Systems Involved in Mono-, Sesqui- and Diterpene Biosynthesis.- On the Origin of Isoprenoid Intermediates for the Synthesis of Plastoquinone-9 and ß-Carotene in Developing Chloroplasts.- Effects of 9ß, 19-Cyclopropylsterols on the Structure and Function of the Plasma Membrane from Maize Roots.- Triterpenoids in Epicuticular Waxes.- Fluorescence Anisotropy of Diphenylhexatriene Incorporated into Soybean Phosphatidylcholine Vesicles Containing Plant Sterols.- 4 Carrier Proteins, Genetics of Plant Lipids.- Modifications to the Two Pathway Scheme of Lipid Metabolism Based on Studies of Arabidopsis Mutants.- Plant Lipid-Transfer Proteins: Structure, Function and Molecular Biology.- Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase and its Complementary DNA.- Cloning and Sequence Determination of a Complementary DNA for Plastid Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Squash.- Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Squash Chloroplasts: Protein Characterization by Purification and cDNA Cloning.- Acyl Carrier Proteins of Barley Seedling Leaves and Caryopses.- Immunochemical Aspects of Pea Chloroplasts Acyl Transferase.- Isoforms of Non-Specific Lipid Transfer Protein from Germinated Castor Bean Seeds.- Phospholipid Transfer Proteins from Filamentous Fungi.- Some Characteristics of a Protein a: ACP I Fusion in Plant Fatty Acid Synthesis.- Chapters 5 Biocides, Interaction with Plant Lipids.- Plant Lipid Biosynthesis as Target for Biocides.- Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase as Target for Herbicides.- Inhibition of the Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Isolated Chloroplasts.- Perturbation of Fungal Growth and Lipid Composition by Cyclopropenoid Fatty Acids.- Sterols and Fatty Acids in the Plasma Membranes of Taphrina Deformans Cultured at Low Temperature and with Propiconazole.- Membrane Lipid Composition of Trichoderma Strains and their Sensitivity to Saponin and Polyene Antibiotics.- Influence of Haloxyfop-Ethoxyethyl (Grass Herbicide) on Polar Lipids in Tolerant (Pea) and Sensitive (Oat, Wheat) Plants.- Effect of Paraquat on Lipid Metabolism in Paraquat Resistant and Susceptible Conyza Canadensis.- Herbicide Action on the Carotenogenic Pathway.- Involvement of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids in the Binding and Inhibitory Properties of Atrazine and Diuron.- Some Effects of Pyrenocine a on Onion Root and Spinach Chloroplast Lipid Metabolism.- Fluazifop, a Grass-Specific Herbicide, Acts by Inhibiting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase.- Chloroacetamide Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthesis in the Green Alga Scenedesmus Acutus.- 6 Biotechnology of Lipids, Nutritional Aspects.- Plant Lipids as Renewable Sources of Industrial Surfactants.- Enzymic Modification of Sunflower Lecithin.- Non-Caloric Fat Substitute and New Type Emulsifiers on the Basis of Sucrose Esters of Carboxylic Acids.- Contaminants and Minor Components of Vegetable Oils.- Metal Impurities of Crude and Edible Vegetable Oils.- Interactions of Chlorophyll Pigments with Lipids of Rapeseed Oil.- The Biological Role of Soy Lipids in the Nutrition.- The Role of Lipids in the Absorption of Vitamin A.- Investigation of Coffee Lipids.- Studies on Cereal Lipases.- Lipid and Antioxidant Content of Red Pepper.- 7 Development, Environment, Stress.- Metabolic Responses of Plant Cells to Stress.- Membrane Response to Environmental Stresses: The Lipid Viewpoint — Introductory Overview.- Membrane Stability Under Thermal Stress.- Are Eicosapolyunsaturated Fatty Acids Involved in the Hypersensitive Response in Potato?.- Effects of Water Stress on the Lipid Metabolism of Durum Wheat.- Enzymatic Breakdown of Polar Lipids in Cotton Leaves Under Water Stress.- Effects of Water Stress on Molecular Species Composition of Polar Lipids from Vigna Unguiculata Leaves.- Strategies of Modification of Membrane Fluidity by Catalytic Hydrogenation.- Sodium Chloride Effect on Glycerolipids, Changes During Ripening of Olive.- Effect of Salt on Lipid Reserves of Cotton Seeds.- Metabolism of Inositol Phospholipids in Response to Osmotic Stress in Dunaliella Saline.- Homeoviscous Regulation of Membrane Physical State in the Blue-Green Alga, Anacystis Nidulans.- Effects of CO2 Concentration During Growth on Fatty Acid Composition in Chlorella Vulgaris 11H.- Effects of CO2 Concentration on the Composition of Lipids in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii.- Effects of Low Temperature on Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition of Sorghum Roots and Shoots.- Temperature -Induced Desaturation of Fatty Acids in the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis PCC 6803.- Choline Tolerant Nicotiana Tabacum Cell Lines are More Resistant to Cool Temperatures than the Coline Sensitive Wild Type.- Effect of High Temperatures on Oxygen Evolving Activity and Lipid Composition of Isolated Chloroplasts from Spinach and Jojoba Leaves.- Temperature-Dependent Alteration in CIS and Trans Unsaturation of Fatty Acids in Vibrio SP. Strain ABE-1.- Temperature Dependence of the Inhibitory Effect of Antibodies to Lipids on Photosynthetic Electron Transport.- Temperature and Light Effects on the Expression of the Arabidopsis Linolenate Mutant Phenotype in Callus Cultures.- Infraspecific Variability in Cold Hardiness of Maritime Pine (Pinus Pinaster Ait.) and Frost Induced Changes in Terpene Hydrocarbon Composition of Oleoresin.- The Effects of Light and of Osmotic Stress on Enzyme Activities Associated with Galactolipid Synthesis.- Imbibitional Stress in Dry Pollen: Injury is Caused by the Presence of Gel Phase Phospholipid During Imbibition.- Increased Leakage from Ageing Pollen Coincides with Increased Leakage from Liposomes Produced From its Purified Lipids.- Effects of Powdery Mildew Infection on the Lipid Metabolism of Cucumber.- The Effect of Growth Conditions on the Composition of the Soluble Cuticular Lipids and the Water Permeability of Isolated Cuticular Membranes of Citrus Aurantium L..- Effects of Some Detergents on the Sterols of the Red Alga Porphyridium.- Author Index.- Index of Taxa.