Plant Metabolism References

• Trinity term, second year: The Plant Biochemistry Lectures by Drs Kruger, Smith, Hill and Ratcliffe.

• Trinity term, second year: The Plant Biochemistry Practical (including Gepasi).

• Past Finals questions.

On the down side, the lectures haven't provided many online references for plant biochemistry. On the plus side, if you can lay your hands on a copy of 'Plant Metabolism' (Ed. Dennis, Turpin, Lefebvre and Layzell, Longman 1997), you're probably pretty much sorted...

Organisation And Manipulation Of Plant Metabolism

• Vaucheret et al, "Transgene-induced gene silencing in plants"; The Plant Journal 16(6), 651-659 (1998).

• Herbers and Sonnewald, "Manipulating metabolic partitioning in transgenic plants"; Trends In Biotechnology 14(6), 198-205 (1996).

• Cutler and Ehrhardt, "Dead cells don't dance: Insights from live-cell imaging in plants"; Current Opinion In Plant Biology 3, 532-537 (2000).

• Flugge, U, "Metabolite transporters in plants"; Current Opinion In Plant Biology 1, 201-206 (1998).

Assimilation of CO2: The Role Of Rubisco.

No references. Know of one? Tell me!

Regulation of CO2 Assimilation

• Stitt, M, "The first will be last and the last will be first: Non-regulated enzymes call the tune?"; in Plant Carbohydrate Biochemistry, 1-16, Ed. Bryant, Burrel and Kruger, Bios Scientific (1999).

The Products Of Photosynthesis

• Huber and Huber, "Role and regulation of sucrose-phosphate synthase in higher plants"; Annual Review Of Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 47, 431-444 (1996).

Transport Of Sucrose From Source To Sink

No references. Know of one? Tell me!

Carbohydrate Metabolism In Heterotrophic Cells

• Smith, A, "Making starch"; Current Opinion In Plant Biology 2(3), 223-229 (1999).

• Edwards et al, "A combined reduction in activity of starch synthases II and III of potato has novel effects on the starch of tubers"; The Plant Journal 17(3), 251-261 (1998)

• Craig et al, "Mutations in the gene encoding starch synthase II profoundly alter amylopectin structure in pea embryos"; The Plant Cell 10, 413-426 (1998).

Unique Features Of Plant Mitochondria

• Mackenzie and McIntosh, "Higher plant mitochondria"; The Plant Cell 11, 571-586 (1999).

Respiration In Illuminated Leaves

No online references...

Capturing Atmospheric Nitrogen

No online references...

Assimilation And Utilisation Of Ammonium

• Temple et al, "Glutamate synthase and nitrogen assimilation"; Trends In Plant Science 3(2), 51-56 (1998).

• Crawford and Glass, "Molecular and physiological aspects of nitrate uptake in plants"; Trends In Plant Science 3(10), 389-395 (1998).

• Stitt, M, "Nitrate regulation of metabolism and growth"; Current Opinion In Plant Biology 2, 178-186 (1999).

Photorespiration

• Noctor and Foyer, "Ascorbate and glutathione: Keeping active oxygen under control"; Annual Reviews In Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 49, 249-279 (1998).

• Asada, K, "The water-water cycle in chloroplasts: Scavenging of active oxygens and dissipation of excess photons"; Annual Reviews In Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 50, 601-639 (1999).

• Douce and Neuburger, "Biochemical dissection of photorespiration"; Current Opinion In Plant Biology 2, 214-222 (1999).

C4 Photosynthesis

• Chollet and Vidal, "Phosophoenolpyruvate carboxylase: A highly ubiquitous, regulated enzyme in plants"; Annual Reviews In Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 47, 273-298 (1996).

• Sheen, J, "C4 gene expression"; Annual Reviews In Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 50, 187-217 (1999).

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

• Cushman and Bohnert, "Crassulacean acid metabolism: Molecular genetics"; Annual Reviews In Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology 50, 305-332 (1999).

• Nimmo, H, "The regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in CAM plants"; Trends In Plant Science 5(2), 75-80 (2000).

This page was written by Niall Harrison.