Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants is devoted to generic aspects of metabloic control, with chapters on the key control points in pathways.

Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants considers the control of specific pathways, with detailed descriptions and discussions of the regulation of these pathways, particularly in terms of the enzymology.

Contents

1. Evaluation of the Transcriptome and Genome to Inform the Study of Metabolic Control in Plants

• Transcript Profiling Technologies
• Transcript Profiling Workflow
• What Can We Learn from Transcript Profiles Performed in a Starchless Mutant?

2. The Use of Proteomics in the Study of Metabolic Control

• Proteomic Methodologies
• Cataloging Protein Localization
• Quantitative Analyses of the Proteome
• The Use of Proteomics to Investigate Post-Translational Modification of Proteins
• The Use of Proteomics to Investigate Protein-Protein Interactions

3. Study of Metabolic Control in Plants by Metabolomics

• Metabolomic Methods
• Metabolomic Databases
• Pathways, Clusters and Networks: Applications of Plant Metabolomics

4. Metabolite Transporters in the Control of Plant Primary Metabolism

• Photoassimilation and Assimilate Transport in Source Cells
• Nitrogen Assimilation
• Amino Acid and Isoprenoid Metabolism
• Sucrose and Amino Acid Loading into the Phloem for Long-Distance Transport
• Phloem Unloading in Sinks and Assimilate to Developing Seeds
• Assimilate Transport and Metabolism in Sink Cells

5. Role of Protein Kinases, Phosphatases and 14-3-3 Proteins in the Control of Primary Plant Metabolism

• Protein Kinases
• Protein Phosphatase
• A Multitude of Phosphospecific Binding Modules
• The Role of Protein Phosphorylation in the Control of Plant Primary Metabolism

6. Redox Signal Transduction in Plant Metabolism

• The Reactivity of the Sulfhydryl Group
• Protein-Disfulfide Oxido-Reductases
• Thioredoxins
• Glutaredoxins
• Protein-Disulfide Isomerases

7. Control of Carbon Fixation in Chloroplasts

• Ribulose-1, 5-Bisphosphate Carboxylse-oxygenase
• Glyceradlydehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase
• Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase and Sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase
• Phosphoribulokinase
• Other Important Enzymes in the Calvin Cycle
• Supramolecular Complexes of the Calvin Cycle

8. Control of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Plants

• PPCK Genes and Their Roles
• Signalling Pathways that Control PPCK Expression in CAM and C₄ Plants
• The 'Bacterial-Type' PEPC

10. Control of Starch Biosynthesis in Vascular Plants and Algae

• Synthesis of Bacterial Glycogen
• Synthesis of Starch in Vascular Plants
• Starch Synthesis and Breakdown in Leaves and Tubers
• Control of Starch Biosynthesis in Monocotyledonous Species
• Starch Synthesis in Green Algae
• Starch Synthesis in Other Systems
• Control of Starch Biosynthesis
• Opportunities for the Manipulation of Starch Synthesis and Structure

11. The Organization and Control of Plant Mitochondria Metabolism

• Organization of the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain
• Posttranslation Control of Mitochondrial Metabolism and Function
• Integration of Mitochondrial Metabolism with Other Metabolic Pathways
• Mitochondrial Metabolism of Reactive Oxygen Species
• Additional Stress-Induced Metabolic Pathways Associated with Plant Mitochondria

12. Photosynthetic Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions: Modelling Inter-Pathway Control and Signalling

• Integration of C and N Metabolism in Leaves
• Control of Nitrate and Assimilation Rates and the C/N Interaction
• Pathway Coordination and the C/N Signal Transduction Network
• Modelling the C/N Interaction

13. Control of Sulfur Uptake, Assimilation and Metabolism

• Sulfate Uptake and Distribution
• The assimilatory Pathway—Activation and Reduction
• Control of Flux Through the Assimilatory
• Control of Flux to the Various Sinks After Cysteine Biosynthesis

Index

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