Plant metabolism. - Dennis, David T. (England Longman, 1997)
Table of Contents: Preface. List of contributors. -- I. The Control of Metabolism: 1. Fundamentals of gene structure and control / D. D. Lefebvre and K. S. Gellatly -- 2. Protein synthesis in plant cells / K. Ko -- 3. Protein degradation / P. M. Hatfield and R. S. Vierstra -- 4. Molecular biology of development / P. McCourt and K. Keith -- 5. Metabolic regulation / W. C. Plaxton -- 6. Regulation by compartmentation / M. J. Emes and D. T. Dennis -- II. Cytosolic Carbon Metabolism: 7. Carbohydrate synthesis and degradation / N. J. Kruger -- 8. Glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway and anaerobic respiration / D. T. Dennis, Y. Huang and F. B. Negm -- 9. Structure and biosynthesis of plant cell walls / N. Carpita -- 10. Metabolism of defense and communication / B. E. Ellis -- III. Mitochondrial Metabolism: 11. Mitochondrial structure / W. Newcomb -- 12. The mitochondrial genome and its expression / L. Bonen and M. W. Gray -- 13. Carbon metabolism in mitochondria / S. A. Hill -- 14. Oxidation of mitochondrial NADH and the synthesis of ATP / H. Lambers -- IV. Mitochondrial-Cytosol Interactions: 15. Protein import into the mitochondrion / K. B. Freeman, R. Hartlen and D. L. Inglis -- 16. Metabolite exchange between the mitochondrion and the cytosol / R. Douce, S. Aubert and M. Neuburger -- V. Photosynthesis: 17. Plastid structure and development / W. Newcomb -- 18. Molecular biology of photosynthesis in higher plants / J. E. Mullet -- 19. The formation of ATP and reducing power in the light / B. B. Prezelin and N. B. Nelson -- 20. Ribulose 1,5-biosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: mechanism, activation and regulation / K. A. Mott -- 21. The reductive pentose phosphate pathway and its regulation / F. D. Macdonald and B. B. Buchanan -- 22. Photorespiration and CO2-concentrating mechanisms / D. T. Canvin and C. Salon -- 23. Metabolite transport and photosynthetic regulation in C4 and CAM plants / R. C. Leegood, S. von Caemmerer and C. B. Osmond -- VI. Chloroplast-Cytosol Interactions: 24. Transport of proteins into chloroplasts / K. Keegstra -- 25. The flux of carbon between the chloroplast and cytoplasm / M. Stitt -- VII. The Formation and Breakdown of Lipids: 26. The structure and formation of microbodies / A. Baker, C. Halpin and J. M. Lord -- 27. Fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis and degradation / K. Schmid, J. Andrews and J. Ohlrogge -- 28. Terpene biosynthesis and metabolism / C. A. West -- VIII. Nitrogen Metabolism: 29. The molecular biology of N metabolism / C. P. Vance -- 30. Amino acid and ureide biosynthesis / R. Ireland -- 31. The physiology and biochemistry of legume N2 fixation / D. B. Layzell and C. A. Atkins -- IX. Assimilate Partitioning and Storage: 32. Interactions between photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen assimilation / D. H. Turpin, H. G. Weger and H. C. Huppe -- 33. Regulation of the transport of nitrogen and carbon in higher plants / M. B. Peoples and R. M. Gifford -- 34. Protein storage and utilization in seeds / R. Casey, J. D. Bewley, and J. S. Greenwood -- X. Prospects for Plant Improvement: 35. Fundamentals of gene transfer in plants / B. L. A. Miki and V. N. Iyer -- 36. The manipulation of resource allocation in plants / S. Blakeley -- 37. The biochemical basis for crop improvement / W. D. Hitz and J. W. Pierce -- Index.
Keywords: Plants -- Metabolism