Lipids in Plant and Algae Development [electronic resource].

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Lipids: From Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and Analyses to Industrial Applications; Introduction; Definition and Importance; Structures of Important Lipids in Algae and Higher Plants; Different Algae and Plants Often Contain Contrasting Lipid Compositions; Biosynthesis of Major Glycerolipids and Their Cellular Functions; Carbon Source and Two-Carbon by Two-Carbon Fatty Acid Elongation in the Plastid; Glycerolipid Assembly; Major Cellular Functions of Lipids; Major Tools in Lipid Analyses: From Chemical Composition to Lipid Imaging

Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Gas Chromatography (GC); Lipidomics; Lipid Imaging: From Lipophilic Stains to Mass Spectrometry Imaging; Biotechnological Applications of Lipids Derived from Algae and Plants; Conclusion; References; Part I: Lipids in Photosynthesis; Chapter 2: Roles of Lipids in Photosynthesis; Introduction; Composition and Localization of Lipids in Photosynthetic Protein-Cofactor Complexes; PSI; PSII; Cyt b6/f; LHCII; Roles of MGDG in Photosynthesis; Plants; Cyanobacteria; Roles of DGDG in Photosynthesis; Plants; Cyanobacteria; Roles of PG in Photosynthesis

Plants Cyanobacteria; Roles of SQDG in Photosynthesis; Plants; Cyanobacteria; Conclusions and Future Perspectives; References; Chapter 3: DGDG and Glycolipids in Plants and Algae; Introduction; Glycolipids in Plants; Enzymes, Localization and Regulation of Glycolipid Biosynthesis in Plants; Characteristics and Function of Plant Glycolipids; Lipid Trafficking in Plants; Glycolipids in Eukaryotic Algae; Glycolipids in Glaucophyta; Glycolipids in Chlorophyta; Glycolipids in Rhodophyta; Algae Derived from Secondary Endosymbiosis with Chlorophyta

Algae Derived from Secondary Endosymbiosis with Rhodophyta; Glycolipids in Haptophyta; Glycolipids in Heterokonts (Strameopiles); Glycolipids in Alveolata (Dinoflagellata, Apicomplexa); Glycolipids in Paulinella; Lipid Response of Algae to Phosphate Deprivation; References; Chapter 4: Thylakoid Development and Galactolipid Synthesis in Cyanobacteria; Introduction; Structure of Thylakoid Membranes in Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms; Proteins Involved in the Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes; Lipids in Thylakoid Membranes of Cyanobacteria; Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria

Substrate Specificities and Localization of Galactolipid Synthases Structure of Thylakoid Membranes in Mutants of Genes for Galactolipid Biosynthesis and Components of Photosystem Complexes; De Novo Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes; References; Chapter 5: Role of Lipids in Chloroplast Biogenesis; Introduction; Role of Lipids in Thylakoid Biogenesis and Photosynthesis; Role of Lipids in Thylakoid Biogenesis; Role of Lipids in Photosynthesis; Biosynthesis of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids in Arabidopsis

Regulation of Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Coordination with Formation of Photosynthetic Machinery