Plant Carbohydrates II

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. Cell Walls of Higher Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Constitution of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides

      • G. O. Aspinall

      Pages 3-8

   3. Ultrastructure of the Plant Cell Wall: Biophysical Viewpoint

      • J. R. Colvin

      Pages 9-24

   4. The Assembly of Polysaccharide Fibrils

      • D. G. Robinson

      Pages 25-28

   5. Ultrastructure of the Plant Cell Wall: Biochemical Viewpoint

      • K. Katō

      Pages 29-46

   6. Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Cellulose and Noncellulosic Cell Wall Glucans

      • G. Franz, U. Heiniger

      Pages 47-67

   7. Metabolism of Noncellulosic Polysaccharides

      • G. B. Fincher, B. A. Stone

      Pages 68-132

   8. Glycoproteins and Enzymes of the Cell Wall

      • D. T. A. Lamport, J. W. Catt

      Pages 133-165

   9. The Role of Lipid-Linked Saccharides in the Biosynthesis of Complex Carbohydrates

      • A. D. Elbein

      Pages 166-193

   10. Biosynthesis of Lignin

       • T. Higuchi

       Pages 194-224

   11. Hydrophobic Layers Attached to Cell Walls. Cutin, Suberin and Associated Waxes

       • P. E. Kolattukudy, K. E. Espelie, C. L. Soliday

       Pages 225-254

   12. Wall Extensibility: Hormones and Wall Extension

       • R. E. Cleland

       Pages 255-273

3. Cell Walls of Algae and Fungi

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275

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   2. Algal Walls — Composition and Biosynthesis

      • E. Percival, R. H. McDowell

      Pages 277-316

   3. Algal Walls — Cytology of Formation

      • D. G. Robinson

      Pages 317-332

   4. Algal Wall-Degrading Enzymes — Autolysines

      • U. G. Schlösser

      Pages 333-351

   5. Fungal Cell Walls: A Survey

      • J. G. H. Wessels, J. H. Sietsma

      Pages 352-394

   6. Chitin: Structure, Metabolism, and Regulation of Biosynthesis

      • E. Cabib

      Pages 395-415

   7. Fungal Glucans — Structure and Metabolism

      • G. H. Fleet, H. J. Phaff

      Pages 416-440

In 1958, a single volume in the original series of this Encyclopedia adequately summarized the state of knowledge about plant carbohydrates. Expansion into two volumes in the New Series highlights the explosive increase in information and the heightened interest that attended this class of compounds in the interven­ ing years. Even now the search has just begun. Much remains to be accom­ plished; e.g., a full description of the plant cell wall in chemical terms. Why this growing fascination with plant carbohydrates? Clearly, much credit goes to those who pioneered the complex chemistry of polyhydroxylated compounds and to those who later sorted out the biochemical features of these molecules. But there is a second aspect, the role of carbohydrates in such biological func­ tions as host-parasite and pollen-pistil interactions, the mating reaction in fungi, symbiosis, and secretion to name a few. Here is ample reason for anyone concerned with the plant sciences to turn aside for a moment and consider how carbohydrates, so many years neglected in favor of the study of proteins and nucleic acids, contribute to the physiological processes of growth and devel­ opment in plants.

• Polle
• cell
• chemistry
• fungi
• growth
• nucleic acid
• plant
• plant science
• plants
• protein
• proteins
• symbiosis

• Institut für Botanik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

  Widmar Tanner

• Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, USA

  Frank A. Loewus

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