Biochemistry of lipids, lipoproteins and membranes (5th Edn.)

Preface.................................................................................................................................v List of contributors ............................................................................................................vii Chapter 1. Functional roles of lipids in membranes William Dowhan, Mikhail Bogdanov, and Eugenia Mileykovskaya....................................1 Chapter 2. Lipid modifications of proteins Anant K. Menon.................................................................................................................39 Chapter 3. Fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism in prokaryotes Charles O. Rock.................................................................................................................59 Chapter 4. Lipid metabolism in plants Katherine M. Schmid and John B. Ohlrogge.....................................................................97 Chapter 5. Oxidation of fatty acids in eukaryotes Horst Schulz .....................................................................................................................131 Chapter 6. Fatty acid synthesis in eukaryotes Hei Sook Sul and Stuart Smith ........................................................................................155 Chapter 7. Fatty acid desaturation and chain elongation in mammals Makoto Miyazaki and James M. Ntambi .........................................................................191 Chapter 8. Phospholipid biosynthesis in eukaryotes Dennis E. Vance and Jean E. Vance ................................................................................213 Chapter 9. Ether-linked lipids and their bioactive species Thomas M. McIntyre, Fred Snyder, and Gopal K. Marathe............................................245 Chapter 10. Lipid metabolism in adipose tissue Ann V. Hertzel, Brian R. Thompson, Brian M. Wiczer, and David A. Bernlohr.....................................................................................................277 Chapter 11. Phospholipases David C. Wilton................................................................................................................305Chapter 12. The eicosanoids: cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase pathways William L. Smith and Robert C. Murphy.........................................................................331 Chapter 13. Sphingolipids Alfred H. Merrill, Jr. ........................................................................................................363 Chapter 14. Cholesterol biosynthesis Laura Liscum ...................................................................................................................399 Chapter 15. Metabolism and function of bile acids Luis B. Agellon.................................................................................................................423 Chapter 16. Lipid assembly into cell membranes Dennis R. Voelker.............................................................................................................441 Chapter 17. Lipoprotein structure Ana Jonas and Michael C. Phillips .................................................................................485 Chapter 18. Assembly and secretion of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins Jean E. Vance and Khosrow Adeli ...................................................................................507 Chapter 19. Dynamics of lipoprotein transport in the circulatory system Christopher J. Fielding and Phoebe E. Fielding.............................................................533 Chapter 20. Lipoprotein receptors Wolfgang J. Schneider......................................................................................................555 Chapter 21. Lipids and atherosclerosis Ira Tabas ..........................................................................................................................