Editor: Yuanda Song

Fungal Lipid Biochemistry

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Library License: US $276
ISBN: 978-981-5123-02-9 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5123-01-2 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2023
DOI: 10.2174/97898151230121230101

Introduction

Fungal Lipid Biochemistry explores the intricate biochemistry of fungal and microbial lipids. The book focuses on recent advances in our knowledge about the distribution, classification, and biochemistry of fungal lipids.

The book is divided into four sections, starting with an introduction to fungal lipids which includes definition, classification, nomenclature, and some historical aspects of fungal lipid research. This is followed by an overview of fungal lipids, and environmental and nutritional cultural conditions affecting lipid production. The second section contains four chapters that explain the metabolism of fatty acids, their biosynthetic pathways together with their storage mainly in the form of triacylglycerols. The latter includes a key description of the recently discovered lipid droplet acting as a highly specific cellular compartment for the storage of neutral lipids. The third section contains five chapters concerned with the relatively recent interpretation of other major lipid classes which include glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, aliphatic hydrocarbons, sterols, carotenoids, and polyprenols and their occurrence and biosynthesis. The final section covers lipid metabolism during fungal development and sporulation.

Key Features:

  • - Extensive coverage of fungal lipid biochemistry, with a focus on recent knowledge
  • - Includes chapters for specific lipid classes with notes on their metabolism
  • - Gives knowledge about the role of lipids in fungal growth and development
  • - Provides references for further reading

This book is a comprehensive reference for academics, scientific researchers, and industrial scientists (in biotechnology, food science and nutritional health) who require information about fungal lipid composition and biochemistry.

Audience: Academics, scientific researchers, and industrial scientists (in biotechnology, food science and nutritional health) who require information about fungal lipid composition and biochemistry.

Foreword

- Pp. i-ii (2)
Colin Ratledge
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Preface

- Pp. iii-iv (2)
Yuanda Song
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List of Contributors

- Pp. v-vi (2)

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Introduction to Lipids

- Pp. 1-15 (15)
Hassan Mohamed, Tahira Naz, Yuanda Song*

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Fungal Lipids

- Pp. 16-60 (45)
Hassan Mohamed, Aabid Manzoor Shah, Yusuf Nazir, Yuanda Song*

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Fatty Acid Metabolism in Fungi

- Pp. 61-87 (27)
Eijaz Ahmed Bhat, Nasreena Sajjad, Patrick Bron, Aabid Manzoor Shah, Yuanda Song*

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Multienzyme Complex in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

- Pp. 88-105 (18)
Pranesha Prabhakaran, Yusuf Nazir, Hafiy Halim, Aidil Abdul Hamid, Yuanda Song*

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Acylglycerols in Fungi

- Pp. 106-122 (17)
Yusuf Nazir*, Pranesha Prabakaran, Tahira Naz, Hassan Mohamed, Shaista Nosheen, Abu Bakr Ahmad Fazili, Aidil Abdul Hamid*, Yuanda Song*

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An Overview of Lipid Droplets in Oleaginous Fungi

- Pp. 123-138 (16)
Aabid Manzoor Shah, Hassan Mohamed, Abu Bakr Ahmad Fazili, Yuanda Song*

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Glycerophospholipids

- Pp. 139-165 (27)
Xinyi Zan, Beenish Sadaqat, Qiang Gu, Yujiao Tao, Minmin Liu, Lei Sun, Fengjie Cui, Wenjing Sun*

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Sphingolipid

- Pp. 166-198 (33)
Shaista Nosheen, Tahira Naz, Yusuf Nazir, Yuanda Song*

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Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

- Pp. 199-240 (42)
Tahira Naz, Shaista Nosheen, Yusuf Nazir, Yuanda Song*

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Sterols, Carotenoid and Polyprenols

- Pp. 241-276 (36)
Huidan Zhang, Qiu Cui, Xiaojin Song*

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Biosynthesis of Sterols, Carotenoids, and Polyprenols

- Pp. 277-308 (32)
Sen Wang, Qiu Cui, Xiaojin Song*

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Lipid Metabolism in Fungal Growth and Development

- Pp. 309-338 (30)
Sompot Antimanon, Siwaporn Wannawilai, Tayvich Vorapreeda, Wanwipa Vongsangnak, Kobkul Laoteng*

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Subject Index

- Pp. 339-343 (5)
Yuanda Song
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