Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeasts: Biodiversity, Biochemistry, and Prospects

by Ekaterina Kulakovskaya, Tatiana Kulakovskaya

Overview

Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeasts: Biodiversity, Biochemistry, and Prospects provides a comprehensive view of the biochemistry, biological activity, and practical application of extracellular glycolipids of yeast. This book brings much-needed clarity to the complex topic of glycolipids and streamlines the rather confusing terminology used for glycolipids. It also provides a wealth of modern data on their composition, structure and properties, biosynthetic pathways, methods of isolation and identification, antifungal activity, and mechanisms of action.

Studies of extracellular glycolipids of yeast now draw the attention of researchers in life science and biotechnology due to numerous recently revealed biological properties of these compounds. These compounds are scientifically and practically promising in medicine and agriculture due to their biosurfactant and fungicidal properties, as well as a number of other biological activities. Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeasts gives researchers studying biochemistry of microorganisms and related biologically active compounds a much-needed guide to the basic data that will aid in these increasingly generative pursuits.

• Provides a clear overview of the basic data on yeast biosurfactants using a simple survey-style approach
• Delivers comprehensive view of biochemistry, biological activity, and practical application of yeasts to aid in their scientific and practical use
• Clarifies and simplifies the complex topic of glycolipids, and its often-confusing terminology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124200968
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Degrees:

Mr.Sci: July 2005 in Biology (Pushchino State University)

Ph.D.: November 2006 in Biochemistry (Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences): Antifungal yeast glycolipids. (Supervisors Prof. Kulaev, I.S., and Dr. W.I.Golubev Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Positions held:

2005-2008: Junior Researcher, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences

2008-Present: Researcher Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms
Degrees:

Mr.Sci: July 1979 in Biochemistry (Moscow State University, 1979)

Ph.D.: Marh 1985 in Biochemistry (Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences): ATPase and ion transport in yeast vacuoles. (Supervisor Prof. Kulaev, I.S., Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Dr. Sci. in Biochemistry (December, 2001) (Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences): Exopolyphosphatases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Positions held:

1984-1989 Junior Researcher, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences

1989-1992 Researcher Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms

1993-2004 Senior Researcher, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms

2004-2005 Leading Researcher, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms

2005-Present: Head of Laboratory of Regulation of Biochemical Processes Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms

Table of Contents

1. Occurrence and structure of fungal extracellular glycolipids2. Methods of study of extracellular glycolipids3. Physical and chemical properties of extracellular glycolipids4. Biological activities of extracellular yeast glycolipids5. Biosynthesis and degradation of extracellular yeast glycolipids6. Applied prospects of cellobiose lipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, and sophorolipids7. Supplement: Selected techniques of purification and assay of extracellular yeast glycolipids8. References