Lipids refers to a group of compounds such as oils, steroids, waxes, and fats that we can find in living organisms. Moreover,eukaryotesand prokaryotes both possess these that play an important role biologically. For instance, membrane formation, protection, insulation, energy storage, cell division...
Lipids, as a class of compounds, are insoluble in water but are soluble in other organic solvents. Examples of such solvents include acetone and ether. Waxes, steroids, phospholipids,andfatsare the most common types of lipid groups. Fats haveglycerolin addition to three fatty acids. The struct...
What are lipids? Learn about the chemical structure and function of lipids, as well as how the structure relates to their function, including...
Vol. 4. Lipids: Structure and Function. Academic Press, New York, NY.Kolattukudy,P. E.,Stumpf,P. K.Cutin, suberin and waxes. The Biochemistry of Plants, Vol. 4, Lipids: Structure and Function . 1980Stumpf, P. K. Lipids: structure and function. In: The Biochemistry of Plants, Vol...
"Like oil and water" is a saying based on the minimal interaction of lipids with water. Although this saying is apt for isoprene-based lipids and bulky fatty acid–based lipids such as waxes and triglycerides, it is not apt for all lipids (e.g., it does not apply to substances composed...
polymers and waxes and their role in plant-microbe interaction, sulfolipids, and galactolipid synthesis. The selection is a vital source of information for researchers interested in the structure and functions of lipids. Table of contents About the editors...
they are synthesized with an N-terminal signal peptide that localizes the protein to spaces exterior to the plasma membrane. The in vivo functions of LTPs are still disputed, although evidence has accumulated for a role in the synthesis of lipid barrier polymers, such as cuticular waxes, suberi...
waxes altered steadily during development22, increased in alkyl ester production on the adaxial surface and hydrocarbons on the abaxial surface compensating for the marked reduction in triterpenoid synthesis. Freeman (1979) also proved that the composition of the leaf and fruit waxes ofCitrusspp. also...
Although the natural alcohol substrate is currently unresolved (for example, long-chain alcohols representing cuticle waxes were too insoluble to be tested), we speculate that these enzymes may function in the context of the plant cell wall by generating highly diffusible reactive oxygen species for ...
The first group consist of: waxes, MAG, DAG, fatty acids, alcohols, ceramides, phospholipids and phytosterols. Despite their low molecular weight, tiny concentrations in the order of 0.5% w/w are sufficient to form a gel. Organogels made with LMOG are thermoreversible and shear-sensitive due ...