Plant Biochemistry, Sixth Edition examines the molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis and highlights and expands this view to all facets facilitating plant life. It delivers the fundamental knowledge of plant biochemistry and explains the biological processes of life, including growth, development, senescence, and interactions between organisms and the environment, with chemical reactions. This book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in plant physiology, plant pathology, plant cell biology, and other plant sciences, researchers in industries actively involved in agribusiness, other biotechnology enterprises, and researchers in agronomy, agriculture, plant development and related areas.
Covering a broad spectrum of topics in plant biochemistry, this book explores photosynthesis, energy metabolism, carbohydrate synthesis, photorespiration, starch biosynthesis and degradation, sulfate assimilation and nitrogen and nitrate assimilation and biosynthesis of plant proteins. The new edition delineates areas of latest and future research and includes a new and cutting-edge chapter on chlorophyll degradation.
1. Introduction - p. xviii 2. Leaf Cells Consist of Several Metabolic Compartments - p. 1 3. Solar Power and Photosynthesis Are the Basis of Life on Earth - p. 43 4. Photosynthesis Is an Electron Transport Process - p. 63 5. Adenosine Triphosphate Is Generated by Photosynthesis - p. 107 6. Mitochondria Are the Power Station of the Cell - p. 123 7. The Calvin–Benson–Bassham Cycle Catalyzes Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation - p. 149 8. Photorespiratory Pathway Recycles Phosphoglycolate - p. 177 9. Photosynthesis Needs the Consumption of Water - p. 191 10. Polysaccharides Are Storage and Transport Forms of Carbohydrates Produced by Photosynthesis - p. 217 11. Nitrate Assimilation Is Essential for the Biosynthesis of Organic Matter - p. 255 12. Nitrogen Fixation Enables Plants to Use the Nitrogen in the Air for Growth - p. 285 13. Products of Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrate Assimilation Are Deposited as Storage Proteins - p. 299 14. Sulfate Assimilation Enables the Biosynthesis of Sulfur-Containing Compounds - p. 307 15. Phloem Transport Distributes Photoassimilates to Various Sites of Consumption and Storage - p. 323 16. Lipids Are Membrane Constituents and Function as Carbon Stores - p. 335 17. Special Metabolites Fulfill Specific Biological and Ecological Functions in Plants - p. 373 18. The Large Diversity of Isoprenoids - p. 391 19. Phenylpropanoids Comprise a Multitude of Plant-Specialized Metabolites and Cell Wall Components - p. 411 20. Multiple Signals Regulate the Growth and Development of Plant Organs and Enable the Adaptation to Environmental Conditions - p. 431 21. A Plant Cell Has Three Different Genomes - p. 465 22. Biosynthesis, Processing, and Degradation of Plant Proteins - p. 499 23. Biotechnology Alters Plants to Meet the Requirements of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Industry - p. 529 24. Index - p. 565
Plant Biochemistry, Sixth Edition examines the molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis and highlights and expands this view to all facets facilitating plant life. It delivers the fundamental knowledge of plant biochemistry and explains the biological processes of life, including growth, development, senescence, and interactions between organisms and the environment, with chemical reactions. This book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in plant physiology, plant pathology, plant cell biology, and other plant sciences, researchers in industries actively involved in agribusiness, other biotechnology enterprises, and researchers in agronomy, agriculture, plant development and related areas.
Covering a broad spectrum of topics in plant biochemistry, this book explores photosynthesis, energy metabolism, carbohydrate synthesis, photorespiration, starch biosynthesis and degradation, sulfate assimilation and nitrogen and nitrate assimilation and biosynthesis of plant proteins. The new edition delineates areas of latest and future research and includes a new and cutting-edge chapter on chlorophyll degradation.
1. Introduction - p. xviii 2. Leaf Cells Consist of Several Metabolic Compartments - p. 1 3. Solar Power and Photosynthesis Are the Basis of Life on Earth - p. 43 4. Photosynthesis Is an Electron Transport Process - p. 63 5. Adenosine Triphosphate Is Generated by Photosynthesis - p. 107 6. Mitochondria Are the Power Station of the Cell - p. 123 7. The Calvin–Benson–Bassham Cycle Catalyzes Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation - p. 149 8. Photorespiratory Pathway Recycles Phosphoglycolate - p. 177 9. Photosynthesis Needs the Consumption of Water - p. 191 10. Polysaccharides Are Storage and Transport Forms of Carbohydrates Produced by Photosynthesis - p. 217 11. Nitrate Assimilation Is Essential for the Biosynthesis of Organic Matter - p. 255 12. Nitrogen Fixation Enables Plants to Use the Nitrogen in the Air for Growth - p. 285 13. Products of Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrate Assimilation Are Deposited as Storage Proteins - p. 299 14. Sulfate Assimilation Enables the Biosynthesis of Sulfur-Containing Compounds - p. 307 15. Phloem Transport Distributes Photoassimilates to Various Sites of Consumption and Storage - p. 323 16. Lipids Are Membrane Constituents and Function as Carbon Stores - p. 335 17. Special Metabolites Fulfill Specific Biological and Ecological Functions in Plants - p. 373 18. The Large Diversity of Isoprenoids - p. 391 19. Phenylpropanoids Comprise a Multitude of Plant-Specialized Metabolites and Cell Wall Components - p. 411 20. Multiple Signals Regulate the Growth and Development of Plant Organs and Enable the Adaptation to Environmental Conditions - p. 431 21. A Plant Cell Has Three Different Genomes - p. 465 22. Biosynthesis, Processing, and Degradation of Plant Proteins - p. 499 23. Biotechnology Alters Plants to Meet the Requirements of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Industry - p. 529 24. Index - p. 565
