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Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Plants I

Structure, Biochemistry and Physiology of Proteins

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Donald Boulter

    1. Department of Botany Science Laboratories, University of Durham, Durham, UK

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  2. Benno Parthier

    1. Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen Halle, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Halle (Saale), Germany

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (PLANT, volume 14 / A)

Part of the book sub series: Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Plants (922)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • D. Boulter, B. Parthier
      Pages 1-2

  3. Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Protein Amino Acids and Proteins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Ammonia Assimilation and Amino Acid Metabolism

      • B. J. Miflin, P. J. Lea
      Pages 5-64

    3. Transfer RNA and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in Plants

      • J. H. Weil, B. Parthier
      Pages 65-112

    4. Ribosomes, Polysomes and the Translation Process

      • A. Marcus
      Pages 113-135

    5. Post-Translational Modifications

      • L. Beevers
      Pages 136-168

    6. Protein Degradation

      • Ph. Matile
      Pages 169-188

    7. Physiological Aspects of Protein Turnover

      • D. D. Davies
      Pages 189-228

    8. Structures of Plant Proteins

      • J. A. M. Ramshaw
      Pages 229-290

    9. Protein Types and Distribution

      • M.-N. Miège
      Pages 291-345

    10. Cereal Storage Proteins: Structure and Role in Agriculture and Food Technology

      • P. I. Payne, A. P. Rhodes
      Pages 346-369

    11. Biochemistry and Physiology of Leaf Proteins

      • R. C. Huffaker
      Pages 370-400

    12. Microtubule Proteins and P-Proteins

      • D. D. Sabnis, J. W. Hart
      Pages 401-437

    13. Plant Peptides

      • C. F. Higgins, J. W. Payne
      Pages 438-458

    14. Immunology

      • R. Manteuffel
      Pages 459-502

  4. Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Relation to Specific Plant Physiological Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 503-503
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    2. Seed Development

      • K. Müntz
      Pages 505-558

    3. Protein and Nucleic Acid Synthesis During Seed Germination and Early Seedling Growth

      • J. D. Bewley
      Pages 559-591

    4. Leaf Senescence

      • J. L. Stoddart, H. Thomas
      Pages 592-636
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About this book

D. BOULTER and B. PARTHIER At the time of the former edition of the Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, approximately 25 years ago, no complete plant protein amino acid sequences or nucleic acid sequences had been determined. Although the structure of DNA and its function as the genetic material had just been reported, little detail was known of the mechanism of its action, and D. G. CATCHSIDE was to write in the first chapter of the first volume of the Encyclopedia: "There is a consider­ able body of evidence that the gene acts as a unit of physiological action through the control of individual enzymes". No cell-free transcription and pro­ tein-synthesizing systems were available and the whole range of powerful meth­ ods of recombinant DNA technology was still to be developed. Today for the first time with plant systems, it is possible not only to describe their molecular biology but also to manipulate it, i. e. , to move from a description to a technological phase. The properties of living systems are inscribed by those of the proteins and nucleic acids which they synthesize. Proteins, due to their very large size, occur as macromolecules in colloidal solution or associated in supra-molecular colloi­ dal form. The colloidal state confers low thermal conductivity, low diffusion coefficients and high viscosity, properties which buffer a biological system from the effects of a changing environment. Biological systems not only have great stability, but also the capacity to reproduce.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany Science Laboratories, University of Durham, Durham, UK

    Donald Boulter

  • Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen Halle, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Benno Parthier

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Plants I

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Biochemistry and Physiology of Proteins

  • Editors: Donald Boulter, Benno Parthier

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68237-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag·Berlin Heidelberg 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-68239-1Published: 18 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-68237-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 770

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology

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