Annual Plant Reviews, Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants

William Plaxton, Michael T. McManus

John Wiley & Sons, Jun 9, 2008 - Science - 408 pages

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

• Evaluation of the transcriptome and genome to inform: 1
• The use of proteomics in the study of metabolic control: 24
• Study of metabolic control in plants by metabolomics: 60
• 4: 85
• Role of protein kinases phosphatases and 1433 proteins: 121
• Redox signal transduction in plant metabolism: 150
• Control of carbon fixation in chloroplasts: 187
• Control of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in plants: 219
• Control of sucrose biosynthesis: 234
• Control of starch biosynthesis in vascular plants and algae: 258
• The organization and control of plant mitochondrial metabolism: 290
• modelling: 325
• Control of sulfur uptake assimilation and metabolism: 348
• Index: 373

About the author

Dr William Plaxton, Department of Biology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Dr Michael McManus, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Annual Plant Reviews, Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants; Volume 22 of Annual Plant Reviews; Volume 7 of Annual Plant Reviews
• Editors: William Plaxton, Michael T. McManus
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008
• ISBN: 0470762500, 9780470762509
• Length: 408 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Botany