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Lipids Book

Lipids in Photosynthesis: Structure, Function and Genetics

Edited by

Paul-André Siegenthaler, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Norio Murata, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan


Lipids in Photosynthesis provides readers with a comprehensive view of the structure, function and genetics of lipids in plants, algae and bacteria, with special emphasis on the photosynthetic apparatus in thyldioid membranes. This volume includes the historical background of the field, as well as a full review of our current understanding of the structure and molecular organization of lipids and their role in the functions of photosynthetic membranes. The physical properties of membrane lipids in thylakoid membranes and their relationship to photosynthesis are also discussed. Other topics include the biosynthesis of glycerolipids and triglycerides; reconstitution of photosynthetic structures and activities with lipids; lipid-protein interactions in the import of proteins into chloroplasts; the development of thylakoid membranes as it relates to lipids; genetic engineering of the unsaturation of membrane glycerlipids, with a focus on the ability of the photosynthetic machinery to tolerate temperature stress; and the involvement of chloroplast lipids in the reactions of plants upon exposure to stress. This book is intended for a wide audience and should be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students and to researchers active in the field, as well as to those scientists whose fields of specialization include the biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, biophysics and biotechnology of membranes.

Contents and Contributors:

1. Lipids in Photosynthesis: An Overview
Norio Murata and Paul-André Siegenthaler

2. Structure, Distribution and Biosynthesis of Glycerolipids from Higher Plant Chloroplasts
Jacques Joyard, Eric Maréchal, Christine Miège, Maryse A. Block, Albert-Jean Dorne and Roland Douce

3. Membrane Lipids in Algae
John L. Harwood

4. Membrane Lipids in Cyanobacteria
Hajime Wada and Norio Murata

5. Membrane Lipids in Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria
Christoph Benning

6. The Physical Properties of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids and Their Relation to Photosynthesis
W. Patrick Williams

7. Molecular Organization of Acyl Lipids in Photosynthetic Membranes of Higher Plants
Paul-André Siegenthaler

8. Role of Acyl Lipids in the Function of Photosynthetic Membranes in Higher Plants
Paul-André Siegenthaler and Antoine Trémolières

9. Reconstitution of Photosynthetic Structures and Activities with Lipids
Antoine Trémolières and Paul-André Siegenthaler

10. Lipid-Protein Interactions in Chloroplast Protein Import
Ben de Kruijff, Rien Pilon, Ron van't Hof and Rudy Demel

11. Development of Thylakoid Membranes with Respect to Lipids
Eva Selstam

12. Triglycerides As Products of Photosynthesis. Genetic Engineering, Fatty Acid Composition and Structure of Triglycerides
Daniel Facciotti and Vic Knauf

13. Genetic Engineering of the Unsaturation of Membrane Glycerolipid: Effects on the Ability of the Photosynthetic Machinery to Tolerate Temperature Stress
Zoltan Gombos and Norio Murata

14. A Genetic Approach to Investigating Membrane Lipid Structure and Photosynthetic Function
Perumal Vijayan, Jean-Marc Routaboul and John Browse

15. Involvement of Chloroplast Lipids in the Reaction of Plants Submitted to Stress
John L. Harwood


Springer (Kluwer Academic Publishers), Dordrecht
July, 1998, 332 pp.
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-5173-8
NLG 265.00 / USD 144.00 / GBP 90.00

Volume 6 in the series: Advances in Photosynthesis, Govindjee, series editor.

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