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Advances in food and nutrition research. basic science to biotechnology / Volume 41. Starch :
This volume presents the physiological and biochemical aspects of storage carbohydrates, or starch granules, in plants. This up-to-date and thorough resource carefully integrates fundamental knowledge with the most recent information on the starch granule. It discusses the chemistry of the starch gr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1998.
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| Colección: | Advances in food and nutrition research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Food and Nutrition Research; Copyright Page; Contens; Preface; Chapter 1. Occurrence of Starch; I. Introduction; II. Seeds; III. Storage Roots and Tubers; IV. Starch in the Gravitational Response of Roots and Stems; V. Leaves; VI. Green Algae; VII. Other Reserve Polysaccharides; VIII. Experimental Systems in the Study of Starch Metabolism; Further Readings; Chapter 2. Physicochemical Structure of the Starch Granule; I. The Starch Granule; II. Amylose and Amylopectin; III. Molecular Orientation in the Granule; IV. Methodology and Nomenclature Used in Starch Analysis
- v. Other Constituents of the Starch GranuleVI. Lipids; VII. Phosphorus; VIII. Proteins; Further Readings; Chapter 3. Biosynthetic Reactions of Starch Synthesis; I. Introduction; II. Pioneering Studies; III. The ADPglucose Pathway Is the Major Pathway of Starch Synthesis in Vivo; IV. Alternative Pathways; V. Rate of Starch Synthesis versus Activities of the Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes; Vl. A Missing Step?; VII. Summary; Chapter 4. Synthesis of the Glucosyl Donor: ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase; I. Regulatory Properties; II. Physiologic Relevance of the ADPGlc PPase Regulatory Properties
- III. Subunit StructureIV. Structure-Function Relationships; V. Function of the Higher Plant ADPGlc PPase Subunits; VI. Identification of the Substrate Binding Sites; VII. Cloning of the ADPGlc PPase Gems and Comparison of Their Sequences; VIII. Hydrophobic Cluster Analysis; IX. Transcription; X. Genomic DNA; Chapter 5. Starch Synthases; I. Introduction; II. Soluble Starch Synthases; III. Starch Synthases Bound to the Starch Granule; IV. Isolation of the Waxy Protein Structural Gene; V. Studies of Ch!amydomonas reinhardtii Mutants; Further Readings; Chapter 6. Branching Enzymes
- I. IntroductionII. Assay; III. Purification of Branching Enzyme Multiforms; IV. Mode of Action; V. How Many Genes for Three Maize-Branching Enzymes?; VI. Other Species; VII. Relationship between Structure and Function; Chapter 7. Open Questions and Hypotheses in Starch Biosynthesis; I. Initiation of Starch Biosynthesis; II. How Is the Starch Granule Formed?; III. A Complete Pathway; Chapter 8. The Site of Starch Synthesis in Nonphotosynthetic Plant Tissues: The Amyloplast; I. Microscopy and Immunocytochemical Studies; II. Cell Fractionation; Ill. Transport of Carbon into Amyloplasts
- Chapter 9. Regulation of the Starch Synthesis Pathway: Targets for BiotechnologyI. Introduction; II. Genetic Engineering; III. Vectors; IV. Protoplast Isolation and Transformation; V. Plant Regeneration; VI. Tissue- and Organelle-Specific Expression; VII. Antisense Technology; VIII. Other Uses of Gene Technology; IX. Transformation of Plants with an Escherichia coli Allosteric Mutant glg C Gene Increases Starch Content; X. Are Other Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes Rate Limiting?; XI. Other Physiologic Effects of Manipulation of Starch Synthesis; XII. Conclusions; Further Readings