The Plant Cell
A Comprehensive Treatise
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The Biochemistry of Plants: A Comprehensive Treatise, Volume I: The Plant Cell serves as an introduction to the various parts of the cell and to the basic biochemistry carried out in the different subcellular components. The book discusses the parts of a cell and the biochemical processes, such as respiration involving the mitochondria, microbodies or cytosol, or photosynthesis in the chloroplasts. The text also describes the use of plant cell cultures in biochemistry; the primary cell walls of flowering plants; and the morphology, purification, chemical and enzymatic composition, and functions of the plasma membrane and the cytosol. The biochemistry of the developmental and genetic processes involved, the development of function, and the biochemistry and metabolism of the mature organelle are also considered. The book further tackles the biochemistry of the plant mitochondria, peroxisomes, glyoxysomes, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, golgi apparatus, plant nucleus, protein bodies, plant vacuoles, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). Biochemists, chemists, biologists, botanists, plant pathologists, and students taking related courses will find the book useful.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
General Preface
Preface to Volume 1
1 The General Cell
I. Introduction
II. The Plasma Membrane
III. Microtubules
IV. Plasmodesmata
V. Cell Vacuoles
VI. The Nucleus
VII. The Cell Wall
VIII. The Endomembrane System
IX. Polyribosomes and Protein Synthesis
X. Microbodies
XI. Mitochondria
XII. Plastids
XIII. The Cytoplasmic Ground Substance
References
2 Use of Plant Cell Cultures in Biochemistry
I. Introduction
II. Choice of Experimental Organism
III. Regulation of Development and Metabolism
IV. Autotrophy by Plant Cells in Culture
V. Uptake and Transport Studies
VI. Isolation and Characterization of Organelles from Plant Cells in Culture
VII. Plant Cells and Protoplasts as Genetic Systems
VIII. Concluding Remarks
References
3 The Primary Cell Walls of Flowering Plants
I. Introduction
II. The Sugar Nomenclature and Abbreviations Used
III. Methods Used in the Structural Analysis of Cell Wall Polysaccharides
IV. The Pectic Polysaccharides
V. The Hemicelluloses
VI. Noncellulosic Glucan
VII. Cellulose
VIII. Cell Wall Protein
IX. Interconnections between the Primary Cell Wall Polymers
X. Are the Primary Cell Walls of Different Plants Structurally Related?
XI. Biosynthesis of Primary Cell Wall Polymers
XII. The Future of Primary Cell Wall Research
References
4 The Plasma Membrane
I. Introduction
II. Moφhology as Distinguished with the Electron Microscope
III. Purification of the Plasma Membrane
IV. Chemical Composition of the Plasma Membrane
V. Enzymatic Composition of the Plasma Membrane
VI. Functions
VII. Conclusions
References
5 The Cytosol
I. Introduction
II. Definition and Structure
III. Carbon Metabolism
IV. Nitrogen Metabolism
V. Phosphate Metabolism
VI. Concluding Remarks
References
6 Development, Inheritance, and Evolution of Plastids and Mitochondria
I. Introduction
II. Organelle Development and Inheritance
III. Origin of the Biochemical Building Blocks for Organelle Development
IV. Origin of the Genetic Information for Organelle Development
V. Coordination of Organelle Development through Induction by Light and Other Substrates
VI. Origin of Present Interrelationships among Organelles during Evolution
References
7 Biochemistry of the Chloroplast
I. Introduction
II. Moφhology of Higher Plant Chloroplasts
III. Fundamental Energy Processes in Photosynthesis
IV. Carbon Metabolism in the Chloroplast
V. Energetics and Shuttle Mechanisms of the Chloroplast
VI. Storage of Energy by Starch Accumulation
VII. Assimilation of Nitrogen
VIII. Sulfate Reduction
IX. Metabolism of Lipids
X. Protein Synthesis in the Chloroplast
References
8 Plant Mitochondria
I. Introduction
II. Occurrence, Form, and Development
III. Structure and Composition
IV. Enzymes and Enzymatic Activities
V. Cellular and Physiological Interactions
References
9 Microbodies—Peroxisomes and Glyoxysomes
I. Introduction
II. Moφhologίcal Detection and Description
III. Isolation Procedures
IV. Enzymes in Microbodies—Catalase
V. Metabolic Pathways in Leaf Peroxisomes
VI. Metabolic Pathways in Glyoxysomes
VII. Other Enzymes in Microbodies
VIII. Microbody Membranes and Transport
IX. Distribution of Microbodies in Plant Tissues
X. Development and Biogenesis of Peroxisomes and Glyoxysomes
XI. Function
References
10 The Endoplasmic Reticulum
I. Structure, Isolation, and Composition of the ER
II. Biogenesis and Degradation
III. Role of the ER in the Biogenesis of Cytoplasmic Organelles
IV. Role of the ER in the Biosynthesis and Secretion of Extracellular Molecules
V. Other Biosynthetic and Regulatory Functions of the ER
VI. Conclusion
References
11 Ribosomes
I. Introduction
II. Ribosome Structure and Biogenesis
III. Polyribosomes
12 The Golgi Apparatus
I. Introduction
II. Definition
III. Association with Other Cell Components: The Endomembrane Concept
IV. Biochemistry of Plant Golgi Apparatus
V. Cytochemistry of Plant Golgi Apparatus
VI. Role in Secretion
VII. Role in Membrane Differentiation
VIII. Role in Membrane Flow
IX. Physiology of the Plant Golgi Apparatus
X. Golgi Apparatus Multiplication
XI. Concluding Comments
References
13 The Plant Nucleus
I. Introduction
II. The Nucleus at Inteφhase
III. Structure and Functional Aspects of Inteφhase Chromatin
IV. Dynamic Aspects of Chromosomes during Division and Meiosis
V. Dynamic Aspects of Chromosomes in Differentiation
VI. The Nucleolus
VII. The Nuclear Envelope and Nuclear Pore Complexes
References
14 Protein Bodies
I. Introduction
II. Protein Body Structure
III. Protein Body Composition
IV. Changes in Protein Bodies during Germination and Early Seedling Growth
V. Development of Seed Protein Bodies
VI. Problems Encountered in Studies of Protein Bodies
VII. Future Research
15 Plant Vacuoles
I. Introduction
II. The Lysosome Concept
III. Vacuole Development
IV. Vacuole Function
V. Appendix: Methods for Isolating Vacuoles and Tonoplasts
VI. Conclusions
References
16 Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae)
I. Introduction
II. Cytological Chemistry
III. Metabolism
IV. Genetics
V. Viruses
VI. Movement
VII. Culture
VIII. Regulation
IX. Development
X. Evolution
References
Index
Contents of Other Volumes
Product details
- No. of pages: 722
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1980
- Published: August 28, 1980
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483220314