Ebook: Lipid Metabolism and Membrane Biogenesis
- Tags: Cell Biology, Biochemistry general, Microbial Genetics and Genomics
- Series: Topics in Current Genetics 6
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The series of review articles presented in this book summarizes the recent state of the art in lipid research in a comprehensive way. The authors provide a general overview of this field and draw the reader’s attention to the most recent investigation. Biochemical, cell biological and biophysical aspects of the four major groups of lipids in eukaryotic cells, namely glycerophospholipids, sterols, sphingolipids and storage lipids, are reported and discussed. The experimental systems addressed are mammalian, plant and yeast cells as the most prominent and currently best studied systems in lipid biochemistry, cell and molecular biology.
The series of review articles presented in this book summarizes the recent state of the art in lipid research in a comprehensive way. The authors provide a general overview of this field and draw the reader’s attention to the most recent investigation. Biochemical, cell biological and biophysical aspects of the four major groups of lipids in eukaryotic cells, namely glycerophospholipids, sterols, sphingolipids and storage lipids, are reported and discussed. The experimental systems addressed are mammalian, plant and yeast cells as the most prominent and currently best studied systems in lipid biochemistry, cell and molecular biology.
The series of review articles presented in this book summarizes the recent state of the art in lipid research in a comprehensive way. The authors provide a general overview of this field and draw the reader’s attention to the most recent investigation. Biochemical, cell biological and biophysical aspects of the four major groups of lipids in eukaryotic cells, namely glycerophospholipids, sterols, sphingolipids and storage lipids, are reported and discussed. The experimental systems addressed are mammalian, plant and yeast cells as the most prominent and currently best studied systems in lipid biochemistry, cell and molecular biology.
Content:
Introduction: Lipids: cellular glue...or are they more than that?....Pages 1-3
1 Phospholipid synthesis in mammalian cells....Pages 5-88
2 Phospholipid synthesis and dynamics in plant cells....Pages 89-124
3 Biogenesis and cellular dynamics of glycerophospholipids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 125-168
4 Defects in cholesterol biosynthesis....Pages 169-182
5 Sterol metabolism and functions in higher plants....Pages 183-211
6 Sterol biochemistry and regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 213-240
7 Mammalian ACAT and DGAT2 gene families....Pages 241-265
8 Biosynthesis and compartmentation of triacylglycerol in higher plants....Pages 267-287
9 Mechanisms and mediators of neutral lipid biosynthesis in eukaryotic cells....Pages 289-311
10 Sphingosine-1-phosphate metabolism in mammalian cell signalling....Pages 313-335
11 Plant sphingolipids....Pages 337-381
12 Baker’s Yeast: a rising foundation for eukaryotic sphingolipid-mediated cell signaling....Pages 383-401