The Biochemistry of Plants
：Carbohydrates
( Volume 14 )
Publication subTitle ：Carbohydrates
Publication series ：Volume 14
Author： Stumpf Walter;Conn P. Michael;Preiss Jack
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9780080926155
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780126754148
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780126754148
Subject： Q946 plant biochemistry
Language： ENG
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Description
The Biochemistry of Plants, Volume 14: Carbohydrates provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of plant biochemistry. This book deals with the function and structure of the plant cell wall by describing the physical and chemical properties of cell wall components.
Organized into 11 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of hexose phosphate metabolism in nonphotosynthetic tissues. This text then examines the findings in fructan structures, conformations, and linkages, the enzymes involved in fructan synthesis and degradation, and their cellular regulation, location, and metabolic role in plants. Other chapters consider the methods employing enzymes to determine starch structure. This book discusses as well the different biosynthetic modes of plant cell walls. The final chapter deals with the various environmental factors that influence expression of the ?-amylase gene, suggesting how molecular biology may help in understanding carbohydrate biochemistry and the enzymes involved in carbohydrate synthesis and metabolism.
This book is a valuable resource for plant biochemists.
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