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.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contributors.
Preface.
1. Evaluation of the Transcriptome and Genome to Inform the
Study of Metabolic Control in Plants (Oliver Thimm, Oliver E.
Bläsing, Bjorn Usadel and Yves Gibon).
2. The Use of Proteomics in the Study of Metabolic Control (Lee
J. Sweetlove).
3. Study of Metabolic Control in Plants by Metabolomics (Oliver
Fiehn).
4. Metabolite Transporters in the Control of Plant Primary
Metabolism (Mechthild Tegeder and Andreas P.M. Weber).
5. Role of Protein Kinases, Phosphatases and 14-3-3 Proteins in
the Control of Primary Plant Metabolism (Greg B.G. Moorhead, George
W. Templeton and Hue T. Tran).
6. Redox Signal Transduction in Plant Metabolism (Santiago
Mora-Garcia, Fabiana G. Stolowicz and Ricardo A. Wolosiuk).
7. Control of Carbon Fixation in Chloroplasts (Brigitte Gontero,
Luisana Avilan and Sandrine Lebreton).
8. Control of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Plants (Hugh G.
Nimmo).
9. Control of Sucrose Biosynthesis (Elspeth Macrae and John
Lunn).
10. Control of Starch Biosynthesis in Vascular Plants and Algae
(Matthew K. Morrell, Zhongyi Li, Ahmed Regina, Sadiq Rahman,
Christophe D’Hulst and Steven G. Ball).
11. The Organization and Control of Plant Mitochondrial
Metabolism (Allison E. Mc Donald and Greg C. Vanlerberghe).
12. Photosynthetic Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions: Modelling
Inter-Pathway Control and Signalling (Christine H. Foyer, Graham
Noctor and Paul Verrier).
13. Control of Sulfur Uptake, Assimilation and Metabolism
(Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Jonathan R. Howarth and Peter Buchner).
Index.
Circa l’autore
Dr William Plaxton, Department of Biology, Queens University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Dr Michael Mc Manus, Institute of Molecular Bio Sciences, Massey
University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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