Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants

Edited by William Plaxton and Michael McManus
Blackwell March 2006

Hardback 408 pages, 52 illustrations. ISBN 1405130962 £110.00

The ability to control the rates of metabolic processes in response to changes in the internal or external environment is an indispensable attribute of living cells that must have arisen with life's origin. This adaptability is necessary for conserving the stability of the intracellular environment which is, in turn, essential for maintaining an efficient functional state. The advent of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics has revolutionised the study of plant development and is now having a significant impact on the study of plant metabolism and its control. In the last few years, significant advances have been made, with the elucidation of enzyme gene families and the identification of new proteinaceous and allosteric regulators.

The first part of this volume is devoted to generic aspects of metabolic control, with chapters on the key control points in pathways. Part Two considers the control of specific pathways, with detailed descriptions (including structures) and discussions of the regulation of these pathways, particularly in terms of the enzymology. The book is directed at researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and cell biology.

Contents

1. Evaluation of the transcriptosome and genome to inform the study of metabolic control in plants OLIVER THIMM, OLIVER E. BLASING, BJORN USADEL and YVES GIBON, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
2. The use of proteomics in the study of plant metabolic control LEE J. SWEETLOVE, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
3. Study of metabolic control in plants by metabolomics OLIVER FIEHN, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
4. Metabolite transporters in the control of plant primary metabolism MECHTHILD TEGEDER and ANDREAS P. M. WEBER, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
5. Role of protein kinases, phosphatases, and 14-3-3 proteins in the control of primary metabolism GREG B. G. MOORHEAD, GEORGE W. TEMPLETON and HUE T. TRAN, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
6. Redox signal transduction in plant metabolism SANTIAGO MORA-GARCIA, FABIANA G. STOLOWICZ and RICARDO A. WOLOSIUK, Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina
7. Control of carbon fixation in chloroplasts BRIGITTE GONTERRO, LUSIANA AVILAN and SANDRINE LEBRETON, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Universités, Paris, France
8. Control of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Plants HUGH G. NIMMO, Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow, UK
9. Control of sucrose biosynthesis ELSPETH MACRAE and JOHN LUNN, HortResearch, Mt Albert Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
10. Control of starch biosynthesis in vascular plants and algae MATTHEW K. MORELL, ZHONGYI LI, AHMED REGINA, SADIQ RAHMAN, CHRISTOPHE D'HULST and STEVEN G. BALL, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia
11. The Organization and Control of Plant Mitochondrial Metabolism ALLISON E. MCDONALD and GREG C. VANLERBERGHE, Division of Life Sciences and Department of Botany, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto
12. Photosynthetic carbon-nitrogen interactions: Modelling inter-pathway control and signalling CHRISTINE H. FOYER, GRAHAM NOCTOR and PAUL VERRIER, Crop Performance & Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
13. Control of sulfur uptake, assimilation and metabolism MALCOLM J. HAWKESFORD, JONATHAN R. HOWARTH and PETER BUCHNER, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

References
Index

To find similar publications, click on a keyword below:
Blackwell : Recent additions : biochemistry : genomics : metabolic reactions : metabolomics : nitrogen fixation : photosynthesis : plant physiology : proteomics : starch : sucrose & sugar crops

Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statement