Biochemistry of Metabolism

The Biochemistry of Plants: A Comprehensive Treatise, Volume 11: Biochemistry of Metabolism provides information pertinent to the chemical and biochemical aspects of metabolism. This book discusses the control mechanisms of metabolism.

Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the history of biochemistry and discusses the developments in the kinetics of regulatory enzymes. This text then examines a theory that explains how subunit interactions modulate the rate of conversion of a substrate into a product. Other chapters consider some relation between cell-wall elongation and cell-wall charge density and explore the subcellular localization of the enzymes of glycolysis. This book discusses as well the regulation of glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway. The final chapter deals with the pathways of C1 metabolism that are of prime importance, as the synthesis of several cellular constituents depends directly or indirectly on folate metabolism.

This book is a valuable resource for plant biochemists, neurobiochemists, molecular biologists, senior graduate students, and research workers.

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List of Contributors
General Preface
Preface to Volume 11
1 Introduction: A History of the Biochemistry of Plant Respiration
I. Introduction
II. Enzymology
III. The Control of Metabolism
IV. Biological Oxidations
V. Organelles and Metabolism
VI. The Crystal Ball
References
2 Control of Metabolism
I. Introduction
II. The Conceptual Basis
III. The Algebraic Basis
IV. The Experimental Basis
References
3 Enzyme Regulation
I. Introduction
II. The Cooperative Response as an Intrinsic Property of an Enzyme
III. The Cooperative Response and Ultrasensitivity of an Enzyme as a Systemic Property
IV. Conclusions
References
4 The Regulation of Glycolysis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
I. Introduction
II. Regulation of Glycolysis
III. Regulation of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
References
5 Control Involving Adenine and Pyridine Nucleotides
I. Introduction
II. Turnover of Adenine Nucleotides
III. Turnover of Pyridine Nucleotides
IV. Methods for the Analysis of Nucleotides in Plant Tissues
V. Variations of Nucleotides in Vivo
VI. Contribution of Nucleotides to Metabolic Control
VII. Conclusion
References
6 Electron Transfer and Oxidative Phosphorylation in Plant Mitochondria
I. Introduction
II. Mechanisms of Electron Transport
III. Energetics of Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
IV. Mitochondrial Genes for the Electron-Chain and ATPase Components
V. Conclusion
References
7 Regulation of Mitochondrial Respiration
I. Respiratory Control in Isolated Mitochondria
II. Regulation of Mitochondrial Respiration in Vivo
III. Mitochondrial Glycine Oxidation During Photorespiration
IV. Role of Mitochondria in C4 and CAM Metabolism
V. Role of Mitochondria in Nitrate Assimilation
References
8 Metabolism of Activated Oxygen Species
I. Introduction
II. Chemical Species of Oxygen and Their Reactivities
III. Oxygen Utilization in the Plant Cell
IV. Oxygen Activation in Relation to Growth, Development, and Degradation
V. Oxygen Detoxification
References
9 Folate Biochemistry and the Metabolism of One-Carbon Units
I. Introduction
II. Techniques for the Isolation and Assay of Folate Derivatives
III. The Biosynthesis of Folylpolyglutamate Derivatives
IV. The Folate-Dependent Metabolism of Glycine and Serine
V. The Interconversion of C1 Units: C1-Tetrahydrofolate Synthase
VI. The Utilization of C1 Units
References
Index
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