Lipid biotechnology Machine generated contents note: Part I. Oilseed Quality Improvement 1. Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis David J. Schultz and John B. Ohlrogge 2. Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants Randall J. Weselake 3. Redirecting Lipid Metabolism in Plants David Hildebrand Suryadevara Rao and Tomoko Hatanaka 4. Perspectives on the Production of Industrial Oils in Genetically Engineered Oilseeds Anthony J. Kinney 5. New Gene Combinations Governing Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Composition in Soybean Richard F. Wilson Joseph W. Burton Vincent R. Pantalone and Ralph E. Dewey 6. Strategies for the Development of NuSun Sunflower Hybrids Brady A. Vick and Jerry F. Miller 7. Biosynthesis of Ricinoleic Acid for Castor Oil Production Thomas A. McKeon and Jiann Tsyh Lin Part II. Oxylipins: Formation Potential Uses and Their Role in Defense 8. Enzymatic Transformation of Lipids as a Plant Defense Mechanism Daisuke Shibata and Hiroyuki Ohta 9. Biocatalysis by the Plant Lipoxygenase Pathway: Oxygenated Fatty Acid Production and Hydroperoxide Lyases Harold W. Gardner and Alexander N. Grechkin 10. Biocatalysis by the Plant Lipoxygenase Pathway: Hydroperoxide Metabolizing Enzymes Alexander N. Grechkin and Harold W. Gardner 11. Prostaglandin like Oxylipins in Plants: Biosynthesis Molecular Signaling and Response to Environment Martin J. Mueller 12. Cutin Monomers: Biosynthesis and Plant Defense Elizabeth Ble 13. Structural Diversity of Marine Oxylipins William H. Gerwick and Inder Pal Singh 14. Formation of Oxygenated Fatty Acids by Fungal Enzymes Ernst Oliw and Chao Su 15. Enzymic Formation of Flavor Volatiles from Lipids Wilfried Schwab and Peter Schreier 16. Terpenoid Based Defense in Plants and Other Organisms Mario R. Tellez Stephen O. Duke Kevin K. Schrader Franck E. Dayan Joanne G. Romagni and Mozaina Kobaisy Part III. Lipases and Food Nutrition 17. Lipases: Structure Function and Properties Alejandro G. Marangoni 18. Industrial Uses of Lipase Ching T. Hou 19. Plant Lipases as Biocatalysts Kumar D. Mukherjee 20. Phospholipases in Enzyme Engineering of Phospholipids for Food Cosmetics and Medical Applications Yugo Iwasaki and Tsuneo Yamane 21. Enzymatic Synthesis of Structured Lipids Casimir C. Akoh Subramani Sellappan Lydia B. Fomuso and Vivienne V. Yankah 22. Enzymatic Production of Betapol and Other Specialty Fats Casimir C. Akoh and Xuebing Xu 23. Enzyme Mediated Modification of Milkfat Victor M. Balcdo and F. Xavier Malcata 24. Enzymatic Enrichment of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Yuji Shimada Akio Sugihara and Yoshio Tominaga 25. Production of Tailor Made Polyunsaturated Phospholipids Through Bioconversions Koretaro Takahashi and Masashi Hosokawa Part IV. Biocatalysts in Nonfood Applications 26. Enzymatic Preparation of Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates by Lipases Ramesh N. Patel 27. Production of C20 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by an Arachidonic Acid Producing Fungus Mortierella alpina 1S 4 and Related Strains Jun Ogawa Eiji Sakuradani and Sakayu Shimizu 28. Microbial Transformations of Steroids Herbert L. Holland 29. Enzymatic Approaches to the Production of Biodiesel Fuels Michael J. Haas George J. Piazza and Thomas A. Foglia 30. Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis of Value Added Fatty Acid Esters Jei Fu Shaw 31. Microbiological Conversions of Fatty Acids to Value Added Products Tsung Min Kuo Tsuneo Kaneshiro and Ching T. Hou 32. Biosynthesis and Applications of Glycolipid and Lipopeptide Biosurfactants David C. Herman and Raina M. Maier 33. Application of Lipolytic Enzymes in Detergents Maarten R. Egmond 34. Supercritical Fluid Technology for Lipid Extraction Fractionation and Reactions Jerry W. King 35. Enzyme Reactions in Supercritical Fluids Osato Miyawaki and Kozo Nakamura