Overview
- Editors:
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Angus S. Murphy
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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Burkhard Schulz
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Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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Wendy Peer
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Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
- The only book focused on the plant plasma membrane only.
- State-of-the-art contents
- Provides a clear overview of the basics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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Plasma Membrane Structure and Basic Functions
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- Fabienne Furt, Françoise Simon-Plas, Sébastien Mongrand
Pages 3-30
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- Arun Sampathkumar, Lutz Neumetzler, Staffan Persson
Pages 57-85
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- Jung-Youn Lee, Sung Ki Cho, Ross Sager
Pages 87-107
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- Christian Luschnig, Georg J. Seifert
Pages 109-128
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Plasma Membrane Transporters
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Front Matter
Pages 129-129
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- Michael G. Palmgren, Lone Bækgaard, Rosa Laura López-Marqués, Anja Thoe Fuglsang
Pages 177-192
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- Rosario Vera-Estrella, Hans J. Bohnert
Pages 193-222
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- Laurent Nussaume, Eric Maréchal, Marie Christine Thibaud, Maryse A. Block
Pages 237-251
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- Rainer Hedrich, Uta Anschütz, Dirk Becker
Pages 253-274
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- James M. Connorton, Kendal D. Hirschi, Jon K. Pittman
Pages 275-289
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- Aaron Atkinson, Mary Lou Guerinot
Pages 303-330
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- Mechthild Tegeder, Doris Rentsch, John W. Patrick
Pages 331-352
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- Anne Sophie Knöller, Angus S. Murphy
Pages 353-377
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- Ian D. Kerr, David J. Carrier, Jamie Twycross
Pages 379-397
About this book
In plant cells, the plasma membrane is a highly elaborated structure that functions as the point of exchange with adjoining cells, cell walls and the external environment. Transactions at the plasma membrane include uptake of water and essential mineral nutrients, gas exchange, movement of metabolites, transport and perception of signaling molecules, and initial responses to external biota. Selective transporters control the rates and direction of small molecule movement across the membrane barrier and manipulate the turgor that maintains plant form and drives plant cell expansion. The plasma membrane provides an environment in which molecular and macromolecular interactions are enhanced by the clustering of proteins in oligimeric complexes for more efficient retention of biosynthetic intermediates, and by the anchoring of protein complexes to promote regulatory interactions. The coupling of signal perception at the membrane surface with intracellular second messengers also involves transduction across the plasma membrane. Finally, the generation and ordering of the external cell walls involves processes mediated at the plant cell surface by the plasma membrane.
This volume is divided into three sections. The first section describes the basic mechanisms that regulate all plasma membrane functions. The second describes plasma membrane transport activity. The final section of the book describes signaling interactions at the plasma membrane. These topics are given a unique treatment in this volume, as the discussions are restricted to the plasma membrane itself as much as possible. A more complete knowledge of the plasma membrane’s structure and function is essential to current efforts to increase the sustainability of agricultural production of food, fiber, and fuel crops.
