Carbohydrates: Structure and Function
The Biochemistry of Plants
- 1st Edition - September 28, 1980
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Jack Preiss
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 6 9 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 0 3 3 - 8
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Request a sales quoteThe Biochemistry of Plants: A Comprehensive Treatise, Volume 3: Carbohydrates: Structure and Function is a compilation of contributions dealing with studies in the area of plant carbohydrates. The articles in this volume are grouped into three sections. The first section deals with topics concerning the monosaccharides and their derivatives found in plants. The integration and control of vital pathways concerned with hexose phosphate metabolism, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis; the metabolism of monosaccharide derivatives; and the formation of sugar nucleotides and their various transformations to the many novel sugar derivatives normally found in plant cell walls and complex carbohydrates are discussed in this section. The second part deals with the occurrence, biosynthesis, and transport of disaccharides and oligosaccharides. The final section of the volume is concerned with the occurrence, structure, and biosynthesis of simple and complex polysaccharides and glycoconjugates associated with cell walls and membranes. Biochemists and botanists will find the book a great reference material.
List of Contributors
General Preface
Preface to Volume 3
1 Integration of Pathways of Synthesis and Degradation of Hexose Phosphates
I. Introduction
II. Experimental Approach
III. Reductive Pentose Phosphate Pathway
IV. Gluconeogenesis
V. Oxidation of Hexose Phosphates
References
2 myo-Inositol: Biosynthesis and Metabolism
I. General Considerations
II. Biosynthesis
III. Metabolism
IV. Concluding Remarks
References
3 L-Ascorbic Acid: Metabolism, Biosynthesis, Function
I. General Considerations
11. Metabolism
111. Biosynthesis
IV. Function
V. Concluding Remarks
References
4 Sugar Nucleotide Transformations in Plants
I. Introduction
II. Activation of Monosaccharides-Kinases
III. Formation of Nucleotide Sugars
IV. Degradation of Nucleotide Sugars
V. Nucleotide Sugar Epimerases
VI. Biosynthesis of 6-Deoxyhexoses
VII. De Novo Synthesis of Uronic Acids: UDP-D-Glucose Dehydrogenase
VIII. De Novo Synthesis of UDP-D-Xylose:UDPD-D-Glucuronate Decarboxylase
IX. Miscellaneous Nucleotide Sugars and Derivatives
X. Control of Nucleotide Sugar Synthesis and Utilization
References
5 Branched-Chain Sugars: Occurrence and Biosynthesis
I. Introduction
II. D-Apiose
III. D-Hamamelose
IV. Branched-Chain Inositols
References
6 Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Sucrose
I. Introduction
II. Biosynthesis of Sucrose
III. Sucrose as Photosynthate in C3 Plants and C4 Plants
IV. Sucrose Formation and Translocation in Germinating Seeds
V. Invertase and Invertase Inhibitor
VI. Inulins
References
7 Occurrence, Metabolism, and Function of Oligosaccharides
I. Introduction
II. Primary Oligosaccharides
III. Secondary Oligosaccharides
IV. Concluding Remarks
References
8 Translocation of Sucrose and Oligosaccharides
I. Introduction
II. Substances Translocated in the Phloem
III. Direction and Rates of Movement
IV. Structure of Functional Sieve Tubes
V. Mechanism of Long-Distance Transport
VI. Export Leaf Physiology
VII. Import Physiology
VIII. Regulation of Translocation at the Cellular Level
IX. Summary and Unresolved Problems
References
9 Structure and Chemistry of the Starch Granule
I. Occurrence and Isolation of Starch Granules
II. Physical Structure of the Granule
III. Disruption of the Granule
IV. The Biosynthesis of Starch Granules
V. Discussion
References
10 Starch Biosynthesis and Degradation
I. Introduction
II. Starch Biosynthesis
III. Starch Degradation
References
11 Conformation and Behavior of Polysaccharides in Solution
I. Introduction
II. Polysaccharide Conformational Analysis
III. Polysaccharide Solution Properties
IV. Refined Chain Models for Some Dissolved Polysaccharide Chains
References
12 Chemistry of Cell Wall Polysaccharides
I. Introduction
II. Cellulose
III. Noncellulosic β-D-Glucans
IV. Pectic Substances
V. Arabinogalactans
VI. Mannans, Glucomannans, and Galactoglucomannans
VII. Xylans
VIII. Xyloglucans
IX. Glucuronomannans
X. Interpolymeric Linkages in the Cell Wall
References
13 Structure and Function of Plant Glycoproteins
I. Introduction
II. Structure
III. Glycoprotein Function
IV. Evolution of Glycoproteins
V. Glycoprotein Futurology
References
14 The Biosynthesis of Cellulose
I. Introduction
II. Structure of Cellulose
III. Biochemistry of Cellulose Biosynthesis
IV. Physical Mechanisms of Cellulose Microfibril Formation
V. Orientation of Cellulose Microfibrils
VI. Unsolved Problems of Cellulose Biosynthesis
References
VII. Retrospect and Prospect
15 Glycolipids
I. Introduction
II. Glycosyl Diglycerides
III. Cerebroside
IV. Phytoglycolipids
V. Cardiac Glycosides and Heterosides
VI. Steryl Glucosides and Acylated Steryl Glucosides
VII. Lipid-Linked Saccharides
References
16 Biosynthesis of Cell Wall Polysaccharides and Glycoproteins
I. Introduction
II. Pectic Substances
III. Hemicelluloses
IV. Lipid-Linked Saccharides in Polysaccharide Synthesis
V. Site of Synthesis of Matrix Polysaccharides
VI. Glycoproteins of the Cell Wall
References
Index
Contents of Other Volumes
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 28, 1980
- No. of pages (eBook): 660
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483206905
- eBook ISBN: 9781483220338
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Jack Preiss
Jack Preiss was born in Brooklyn. He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry at City College of New York and completed his Ph.D. with P. Handler at Duke University. His post doctoral work was done with Paul Berg at Washington University at St. Louis and at Stanford and with G. Ashwell at NIH. In 1962 he became Assistant Professor at the University of California at Davis and went through the ranks from Professor to Chairman. In 1985 he came to Michigan State University as a Professor and Chairman of the Biochemistry Department. He has received many honors, among them the Alsberg-Schoch Memorial Lectureship Award of the American Association of Cereal Chemists and the Award of Merit of the Japanese Society of Starch Science.
Affiliations and expertise
The Starch Bio-Engineering Group, Michigan State UniversityRead Carbohydrates: Structure and Function on ScienceDirect