Lipid Biochemistry of Fungi and Other Organisms [Paperback]

1 Introduction to Lipids.- Definition and classification.- Nomenclature of lipids.- Historical aspects of fungal lipid research.- 2 Fungal Lipids.- Total lipid content.- Vegetative hyphae and yeast cells.- Spores and sclerotia.- Lipid composition.- Lipid functions.- Subcellular distribution of lipids.- Cell wall.- Protoplast.- Relation of culture conditions to fungal growth and lipid production.- Temperature.- Carbon source.- Inorganic nutrients.- pH.- Aeration (oxygen).- Growth factors.- Fungal growth and lipid production.- 3 Fatty Acids.- Nomenclature and structure.- Fatty acids in fungi.- Phycomycetes.- Ascomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti.- Basidiomycetes.- Fatty acids of cell walls and membranes.- Cell wall.- Plasmalemma and mitochondrial membranes.- 4 Fatty Acid Metabolism.- Fatty acid biosynthesis.- Origin of substrates for fatty acid biosynthesis.- De novo fatty acid synthesis.- Regulation of de novo fatty acid synthesis.- Fatty acid elongation.- Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids.- Biosynthesis of unusual fatty acids.- Fatty acid degradation.- 5 Acylglycerols and Related Lipids.- to acylglycerols.- Structure and nomenclature.- Occurrence in fungi.- Biosynthesis of triacylglycerides.- Lipases.- Glycosylglycerides and other glycolipids.- Methyl, ethyl, and sterol esters.- 6 Glycerophospholipids.- Nomenclature and structure.- Occurrence in fungi.- Yeasts.- Filamentous fungi.- Glycerophospholipids of subcellular fractions.- Acyl groups of glycerophospholipids.- Biosynthesis.- Phosphatidic acid.- Phosphatidylcholine.- Phosphatidylethanolamine.- Phosphatidylserine.- Phosphatidylinositol.- Diphosphatidylglycerol (cardiolipin).- Plasmanic and plasmenic acid derivatives.- Degradation.- 7 Sphingolipids.- Structure and nomenclature.- Occurrence.- Bacteria, plants, and animals.- Fungi.- Sphingolipid metabolism.- Biosynthesis.- Degradation.- 8 Aliphatic Hydrocarbons.- Occurrence in fungi.- Hydrocarbon biosynthesis.- Oxidation of hydrocarbons.- Cornynebacterium 7EIC.- PlC$