Plant metabolism and biotechnology

INDICE: List of Contributors Preface Chapter 1: Biosynthesis and metabolismof starch and sugarsFrederik Börnke and Sophia Sonnewald 1.1 Introduction1.2 Carbon partitioning in mesophyll cells1.3 Sucrose biosynthesis in source leaves1.4 Starch metabolism in source leaves1.5 Sucrose to starch conversion in storage organs1.6 Metabolic engineering of carbohydrate metabolism1.7 Engineeringsoluble sugars1.8 Production of novel carbohydrates in transgenic plants1.9 Network analysis of carbohydrate metabolismAcknowledgementsReferences Chapter 2: Lipid biosynthesisDavid Hildebrand2.1 Introduction2.2 Fatty acid synthesis2.3 Fatty Acid Desaturases2.4 Lipid Signals 2.5 Algae2.6 Membrane Synthesis2.7 TAG Biosynthesis2.8 Genetic Engineering of Oilseed for Industrial Uses2.9 PlantOils as a Renewable ResourceAcknowledgementsReferences Chapter 3: Symbiotic nitrogen fixationHiroshi Kouchi3.1 Nitrogen fixing organisms and the nitrogenase system 3.2 Symbiotic nodule formation in legume plants3.3 Mutual interactions between host cells and bacteroids in legume nodules3.4 Molecular genetic approaches to the host regulation of nitrogen fixationReferences Chapter 4: Sulfur metabolismHideki Takahashi 4.1 Introduction4.2 Sulphate transport4.3 Sulphate reduction4.4 Cysteine biosynthesis4.5 Methionine biosynthesis4.6 Regulators for coordination of sulphur metabolism Chapter 5: Nucleotide metabolismRita Zrenner and Hiroshi Ashihara5.1 Introduction5.2 Pyrimidine metabolism5.3. Purinemetabolism5.4 Pyridine metabolism5.5 Biotechnological approachesReferences Chapter 6: Purine alkaloid metabolismHiroshi Ashihara, Shinjiro Ogita and Alan Crozier6.1 Introduction6.2 Classification of purine alkaloids6.3 Occurrence of purine alkaloids6.4 Biosynthesis of caffeine6.5 Catabolism of caffeine6.6 Physiological and ecological aspects of purine alkaloid metabolism in plants6.7 Metabolic engineering of caffeine in plantaReferences Chapter 7: Nicotine biosynthesisTsubasa Shoji and Takashi Hashimoto7.1 Introduction7.2 Pathways and enzymes7.3 Compartmentation and trafficking7.4 Gene regulation7.5 Metabolic engineering7.6 SummaryReferences Chapter 8: Terpenoid biosynthesis Dae-Kyun Ro8.1 Introduction 8.2 Terpenoid diversity8.3 Mechanistic aspects of terpenoid biogenesis8.4 Terpene synthase - structure, evolution and engineering8.5 Two distinctpathways for isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) biosynthesis8.6 Subcellular and cellular compartmentalisations of terpenoid metabolism 8.7 Gene clusters in terpenoid metabolism8.8 Metabolic engineering of terpenoid metabolism8.9 Concluding remark References Chapter 9: Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesisIsabel Desgagné-Penix and Peter J. Facchini9.1 Introduction9.2 Biosynthesis9.3 Localization and transport of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and their biosynthetic enzymes9.4 Regulation9.5 Application to biotechnology9.6 ConclusionsReferences Chapter 10: Monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesisVincenzo De Luca10.1 Introduction10.2 Monoterpenoi

• ISBN: 978-0-470-74703-2
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
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• Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2011
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