Advanced Research on Plant Lipids

1. Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

   1. Biosynthesis of 9,12,15-Octadecatrien-6-Ynoic Acid in the Moss Dicranum Scoparium

      • I. A. Guschina, G. Dobson, J. L. Harwood

      Pages 77-80

   2. The Role of the Plastidial Glucose 6-Phosphate Transporter in the Control of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis of Developing Embryos of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.)

      • P. C. Nield, S. Rawsthorne, U-I Flügge, M. J. Hills

      Pages 81-84

   3. Comparative Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags from Developing Seeds of Sesamum Indicum and Arabidopsis Thaliana

      • M. C. Suh, J. M. Bae, John B. Ohlrogge

      Pages 85-88

   4. Substitution of Phe²⁸² with Ser in Lea B. napus c.v. Westar Restores FAE1 Enzyme Activity

      • V. Katavic, E. Mietkiewska, D. L. Barton, E. M. Giblin, D. W. Reed, D. C. Taylor

      Pages 89-92

2. Fatty Acid Desaturation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Presence of a Palmitoyl-CoA Delta 6-Desaturase in the Preputial Gland of the Mouse

      • M. Miyazaki, F. E. Gomez, J. M. Ntambi

      Pages 95-99

   3. Linolinic Acid Accumulation in Dragonhead

      • Mohammed Abdel-Reheem, Resham Bhella, David Hildebrand

      Pages 101-104

   4. Spirulina Platensis Mutants Defective in γ-Linolenic Acid Production: Molecular characterization

      • M. Ruengjitchatchawalya, S. Chamutpong, M. Ponglikitmongkol, R. Chaiklahan, M. Tanticharoen

      Pages 105-108

   5. Oxygen Availability Regulates Microsomal Oleate Desaturase (FAD2) in Sunflower Developing Seeds by Two Different Mechanisms

      • J. M. Martinez-Rivas, A. Sanchez-Garcia, M. D. Sicardo, M. Mancha

      Pages 109-112

   6. Identification of a Δ5-Fatty Acid Desaturase from Physcomitrella Patens

      • P. Sperling, J. M. Lucht, T. Egener, R. Reski, P. Cirpus, E. Heinz

      Pages 113-116

   7. Low-Temperature and Hypoxic Signals Regulating Δ9 Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene Transcription are Converted into Membrane Fluidity Signal in Yeast

      • Youji Nakagawa, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima

      Pages 117-120

   8. Fatty Acid Desaturases from the Diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum

      • F. Domergue, T. K. Zank, A. Abbadi, P. Sperling, A. Meyer, J. Lerchl et al.

      Pages 121-124

   9. Characterization of Transgenic Maize Engineered with Antisense FAD2 cDNA by Chemometrical Analysis of Glycerolipids

      • Ivelin Rizov, Andreas Doulis

      Pages 125-128

   10. Biochemical Studies on the Production of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Euglena and Thraustochytrium

       • A. Meyer, C. Ott, E. Heinz

       Pages 129-132

   11. Nonthermal Factors Affecting Production and Unsaturation of Alkenones in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica

       • J. M. Sorrosa, M. Yamamoto, Y. Shiraiwa

       Pages 133-136

3. Lipid Biosynthesis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Determination of the X-Ray Crystallographic Structure of E.coli Butyryl-ACP

      • J. W. Simon, J. Gilroy, A. Roujenikova, J. Rafferty, C. Baldock, P. J. Baker et al.

      Pages 139-142

   3. Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1 of Arabidopsis Thaliana

      • M. J. Hills, D. H. Hobbs, J. Kang, C. Lu

      Pages 143-146

   4. Oleosins and Plastid-Lipid-Associated Proteins in Arabidopsis

      • Hyun Uk Kim, Anthony H. C. Huang

      Pages 147-150

   5. Membrane-Bound SN-2-Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase (MGAT) is Involved in Triacylglycerol Synthesis

      • A. D. Waters, T. C. M. Fraser, S. Chatrattanakunchai, A. K. Stobart

      Pages 151-154

The 15th International Symposium on Plant Lipids was held in Okazaki, Japan, in May 12th to 17th, 2002, at the Okazaki Conference Center. The Symposium was organized by the Japanese Organizing Committee with the cooperation of the Japanese Association of Plant Lipid Researchers. The International Symposium was successful with 225 participants from 29 countries. We acknowledge a large number of participants from Asian countries, in particular, from China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines, presumably because this was the fIrst time that the International Symposium on Plant Lipids was held in Asia. We also acknowledge a number of scientists from Canada, France, Germany, UK and USA, where plant lipid research is traditionally very active. The Symposium provided an opportunity for presentation and discussion of 68 lectures and 93 posters in 11 scientific sessions, which together covered all aspects of plant lipid researches, such as the structure, analysis, biosynthesis, regulation, physiological function, environmental aspects, and the biotechnology of plant lipids. In memory of the founder of this series of symposia, the Terry Galliard Lecture was delivered by Professor Ernst Heinz from Universitat: Hamburg, Germany. In addition, special lectures were given by two outstanding scientists from animal lipid fields, Professor James Ntambi from University of Wisconsin, USA, and Dr. Masahiro Nishijima from the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Japan. To our great honor and pleasure, the session of Lipid Biosynthesis was chaired by Dr.

• Carrier
• Chloroplast
• Coenzym
• Glycerolipid
• Lipid
• Mutant
• Phosphor
• Transport
• biotechnology
• enzymes
• gene expression
• metabolism
• proteins
• soy
• transcription

"This book is not just another proceedings volume; in contrast, it provides a wealth of new information on plant lipids on a high scientific standard. It will greatly stimulate future research on plant lipids and metabolic pathways in plants. This valuable book should be present in all plant biology laboratories and libraries. It can be recommended to all researchers and graduate students in plant biology."
(Journal of Plant Physiology, 161:3)

• National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan

  N. Murata

• University of Air, Chiba, Japan

  M. Yamada

• The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  I. Nishida, W. Hajime

• Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  H. Okuyama

• The University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

  J. Sekiya

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