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Biosynthesis and Degradation of Lipid Polymers

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Biopolyesters derived from hydroxyfatty acids are unique to plants. Cutin, the structural component of plant cuticle, is essentially a polyester derived from hydroxy- and epoxyfatty acids [37, 47]. Suberin, the structural polymer of the cuticle of underground parts of plants, and which is also deposited in wound periderm of plants, also contains substantial amounts of esterified hydroxyfatty acids and dicarboxylic acids, as well as smaller quantities of the more oxygenated monomers similar to those found in cutin [4, 19, 20, 27, 54]. With the advent of modern analytical techniques and biochemical techniques, substantial progress has been made in our understanding of the biochemistry of these unique biopoly-mers. In this chapter, I shall review the synthesis and degradation of these polymers; other aspects have been discussed in a recent publication [31].

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Kolattukudy, P.E. (1977). Biosynthesis and Degradation of Lipid Polymers. In: Tevini, M., Lichtenthaler, H.K. (eds) Lipids and Lipid Polymers in Higher Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66632-2_15

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