Plant Organelles
Compartmentation of Metabolism in Photosynthetic Tissue

A comprehensive review of current research on the interaction of plant organelles in photosynthesis, photorespiration, substrate and protein transport, respiration, lipid metabolism and organelle biogenesis.

Alyson K. Tobin (Edited by)

9780521086066, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 October 2008

352 pages, 91 b/w illus. 18 tables
21 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.52 kg

"I highly recommend this to teachers to update their lectures and to students to see what interesting questions there are out there." John H. McClendon, Plant Science Bulletin

Photosynthetic plant cells are compartmentalized into subcellular organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria, peroxisomes, the cytosol and the vacuole. Although this compartmentation serves to isolate particular functions to particular subcellular locations, the successful metabolic activity of the cell is actually dependent on a controlled and coordinated interaction between these organelles. In this book, leading scientists have contributed reviews of current research on the interaction of organelles in processes such as C3, C4, C3-C4, and CAM photosynthesis, photorespiration, substrate and protein transport, respiration, lipid metabolism and organelle biogenesis. The result is a comprehensive volume which provides a rich source of reference and information for plant biochemists and their students.

1. Metabolic interactions between organelles in photosynthetic tissue: a mitochondrial overview
2. Metabolite transport in plant cells
3. Metabolic interactions during photosynthetic and respiratory nitrogen assimilation in a green alga
4. Carbon and nitrogen cycling between organelles during photorespiration
5. Metabolic interactions between organelles in C4 plants
6. Metabolic interactions in leaves of C3-C4 intermediate plants
7. Metabolite compartmentation and transport in CAM plants
8. Transport of H+, K+ and Ca2+ at the vacuolar membrane of plants
9. Regulation of mitochondrial respiratory activity in photosynthetic systems
10. Biosynthesis and assembly of the enzymes involved in lipid metabolism in plants
11. The role of carnitine in plant cell metabolism
12. Metabolic interactions of organelles in guard cells
13. Transport of proteins into chloroplasts
14. Metabolic interactions of organelles during leaf development.

Subject Areas: Plant physiology [PSTD]