Plant Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Biotechnology

648 pages, Illustrated  ISBN 0824702042      £130.00

This is a thorough treatise covering an important field of plant biochemistry, written in a scholarly way providing an excellent source-book. Written by a number of authors, providing the following chapters that provide precise and useful information making it essential for scientists working on amino acids. The contents are as follows:

• Nitrogen Metabolism in Higher Plants
• The Enzymes of Glutamine, Glutamate, Asparagine, and Aspartate Metabolism
• Serine and Glycine Metabolism in Higher Plants
• The Shikimate Pathway
• The Biosynthesis of Tryptophan, Tyrosine, and Phenylalanine from Chorismate
• Lysine, Threonine, and Methionine Biosynthesis
• Biosynthesis of Valine, Leucine, and Isoleucine
• Regulation of Proline and Arginine Biosynthesis in Plants
• Biosynthesis of Cysteine
• Histine Biosynthesis
• Amino Acid transport
• Role of Amino Acids in Abiotic Stress Resistance
• Inhibitors of Tryptophan, Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Biosynthesis as Herbicides
• Inhibitors of Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine Biosynthesis
• Inhibitors of Histidine Biosynthesis
• Inhibitors of Glutamine Biosynthesis
• Crops Modified to Resist Amino Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors
• Enhancing the Content of the Essential Amino Acids Lysine and Threonine in Plants
• Methionine Enhancement in Plants
• Glucosinolates
• Biosynthesis of Cyanogenic Glycosides, Cyanolipids and Related Compounds

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