Plant Amino Acids: Biochemistry and BiotechnologyCovers the basic knowledge of the regulation of biosynthesis of various amino acids in plants and the application of this knowledge to the discovery of novel inhibitors of amino acid biosynthesis and for enhancing the nutritional value of plant products. Provides an exhaustive list of pathway inhibitors. |
Contents
Nitrogen Metabolism in Higher Plants | 1 |
The Enzymes of Glutamine Glutamate Asparagine and Aspartate Metabolism | 49 |
Serine and Glycine Metabolism in Higher Plants | 111 |
The Shikimate Pathway | 147 |
The Biosynthesis of Tryptophan Tyrosine and Phenylalanine from Chorismate | 171 |
Lysine Threonine and Methionine Biosynthesis | 205 |
Biosynthesis of Valine Leucine and Isoleucine | 227 |
Regulation of Proline and Arginine Biosynthesis in Plants | 249 |
Inhibitors of Tryptophan Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Biosynthesis as Herbicides | 357 |
Inhibitors of Valine Leucine and Isoleucine Biosynthesis | 385 |
Inhibitors of Histidine Biosynthesis | 415 |
Inhibitors of Glutamine Biosynthesis | 443 |
Crops Modified To Resist Amino Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors | 463 |
Enhancing the Content of the Essential Amino Acids Lysine and Threonine in Plants | 485 |
Methionine Enhancement in Plants | 507 |
Glucosinolates | 521 |
Biosynthesis of Cysteine | 267 |
Histidine Biosynthesis | 293 |
Amino Acid Transport | 305 |
Role of Amino Acids in Abiotic Stress Resistance | 319 |
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accumulation activity AHAS alanine amino acid aminotransferase ammonia analogues Arabidopsis thaliana arginine asparagine aspartate assimilation bacterial barley Biochem Biochemistry Biol Biophys biosynthesis Brassica catalyzed cDNA cDNA clone characterization Chem chloroplasts chorismate CO₂ compounds crops cultures cyanogenic glucosides cysteine cytosolic decarboxylase dehydrogenase DHPS enzyme EPSPS Escherichia coli expression gene encoding genetic glucosinolates glutamate synthase glutamine synthetase glycine glycosides glyoxylate glyphosate herbicides higher plants histidine IGPD imidazolinones increase inhibition inhibitors intermediate isoforms isolated isoleucine isozymes kinase kinetic leaf leaves leucine levels lysine maize mechanism metabolism methionine Miflin mitochondria molecular mRNA mutants nitrate nitrogen nodules oxidation P5CS phosphate phosphinothricin photorespiration photorespiratory photosynthesis Phytochemistry Plant Cell Plant Mol Plant Physiol plastids proline protein Purification pyruvate reaction reductase regulation resistance roots seedlings seeds sequence serine shikimate sorghum soybean species spinach structure studies substrate subunit sulfate synthesis threonine tion tissues tobacco transport tryptophan valine Wallsgrove