Seed Proteins is the most comprehensive and detailed account of seed proteins so far published and the first dedicated volume for a number of years.

Seed Proteins covers the major storage protein groups (prolamins, 2S albumins, 7Sglobulins, and 11S globulins), focusing on those present in crops. It also covers other widely distributed groups of proteins including:

• lectins
• inhibitors
• antifungal proteins
• thionins
• oil body protein (oleosins)

The breadth of coverage of the proteins is wide, including their

• structures and properties
• evolutionary relationships
• classical and molecular genetics and mechanisms of synthesis
• trafficking and deposition within the cells

Contents:

Introduction

1. Seed Proteins

Prolamin Storage Proteins

2. The Characteristics, Structures and Evolutionary Relationships of Prolamins
3. The Prolamins of the Triticeae
4. Avenins: The Prolamins of Oats
5. The Prolamins of Rice
6. The Prolamins of Maize
7. The Prolamins of Sorghum, Coix and Millets

Storage Globulins (7S/11S)

8. Distribution and Some Properties of Seed Globulins
9. Pea Globulins
10. Phaseolin: its Past, Properties, Regulation and Future
11. Canavalin
12. Vicia Globulins
13. Soybean Globulins
14. Lupin Globulins
15. Groundnut Globulins
16. Oat Globulins
17. Rice Glutelins
18. Globulin Storage Proteins in Crucifers and Non-legume Dicotyledonous Families
19. Globulins of Pseudocereals: Amaranthus, Quinoa and Buckwheat
20. 7S Globulins of Cereals
21. Molecular Phylogenies and Structural Diversification of Gymnosperm and Angiosperm Storage Globulins
22. Structural Relationships of 7S and 11S Globulins
23. Origin and Evolution of Seed Globulins

2S Albumin Storage Proteins

24. The 2S Albumin Storage Proteins

Inhibitors

25. Enzyme Inhibitors of Seeds: Types and Properties
26. A Multigene Family of Trypsin/a-Amylase Inhibitors from Cereals;
27. Inhibitors of Legume Seeds

Other Seed Proteins of Wide Distribution

28. Seed Lectins
29. Lipoxygenases
30. Thionins
31. Antifungal Proteins
32. LEA Proteins
33. Seed Oleosins

Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins

34. Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins: The Pathway of Protein Synthesis and Deposition in the Cell
35. Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins: Possible Role of Molecular Chaperones and the Unfolded Protein Response

Index

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