Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. The series features a wide range of reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. This thematic volume features reviews on cutting-edge topics on BIOSYNTHESIS OF VITAMINS IN PLANTS.
Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. The series features a wide range of reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. This thematic volume features reviews on cutting-edge topics on BIOSYNTHESIS OF VITAMINS IN PLANTS.
Fabrice Rébeillé is a research director at the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble, France, in the laboratory of Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Grenoble in 1978 and completed a PhD in 1983. He was recruited by the CEA in 1983. In 1984-1985 he joined as a post-doc fellow the Marshall D. Hatch laboratory at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. From 1995 to 2000, he was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Grenoble. His domains of expertise are about plant cell metabolism, including respiration, photosynthesis and photorespiration, biosynthesis of vitamins and more recently lipid metabolism.
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Preface
Vitamins: a plant affair
Carotenoids
Abbreviations
I. Biological Function
II. Distribution
III. Carotenoid Biosynthesis
IV. Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis
V. Nutrition
VI. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
I. Introduction
II. Thiamine Biosynthesis
III. TDP-dependent Enzymes in Plants
IV. Thiamine Transport, Distribution and Storage in Plant Tissues
V. Role of Thiamine in the Sensing, Response and Adaptation to Plant Stress
VI. Practical Aspects and Future Perspectives
Acknowledgements
Biosynthesis of Vitamin B2 and Flavocoenzymes in Plants
I. Introduction
II. A Single Plant Enzyme, RibAB Generates Both Committed Precursors for the Riboflavin Pathway
III. Deaminase/Reductase
IV. Lumazine Synthase
V. Riboflavin Synthase
VI. Riboflavin Kinase and FAD Synthetase
VII. Cellular Topology of Flavocoenzyme Biosynthesis in Plants
VIII. Regulation of Riboflavin Biosynthesis
IX. Excretion and Enhanced Formation of Riboflavin by Iron-Deficient Roots
X. Evolution of Flavocoenzyme Biosynthesis Enzymes in Plants
XI. Riboflavin Biosynthetic Enzymes as Potential Herbicide Targets
XII. Riboflavin and Plant Resistance
XIII. Biosynthesis of 5-deaza-7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-riboflavin in Algae
XIV. Conclusions
Biosynthesis of NAD and Its Manipulation in Plants?
I. Introduction
II. NAD in Human Nutrition and Health
III. NAD in Plant Biology
IV. Compartmentation and Transport of NAD in Plants
V. Plant Pathways of NAD Synthesis and Recycling
VI. Manipulating NAD Contents in Plants
VII. Conclusions and Perspectives
Acknowledgements
Pantothenate Biosynthesis in Higher Plants
I. Biological Function and Requirements
II. Distribution in Plants
III. Biosynthetic Pathway and Location of the Pathway
IV. Regulation, Turnover, and Metabolism
V. Major Differences to Eubacteria and Other Prototrophic Organisms
