Plant Carbohydrates I

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. Monomeric and Oligomeric Sugars and Sugar Derivatives — Occurrence, Metabolism, Function

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Aldo (and Keto) Hexoses and Uronic Acids

      • D. S. Feingold

      Pages 3-76

   3. Polyhydroxy Acids: Relation to Hexose Phosphate Metabolism

      • J. E. Gander

      Pages 77-102

   4. Amino Sugars— Plants and Fungi

      • L. Beevers

      Pages 103-123

   5. Branched-Chain Sugars

      • E. Beck

      Pages 124-157

   6. Sugar Alcohols

      • R. L. Bieleski

      Pages 158-192

   7. Cyclitols

      • F. A. Loewus, D. B. Dickinson

      Pages 193-216

   8. Sucrose and Other Disaccharides

      • G. Avigad

      Pages 217-347

   9. Oligosaccharides Based on Sucrose (Sucrosyl Oligosaccharides)

      • O. Kandler, H. Hopf

      Pages 348-383

   10. Glycosylation of Heterosides (Glycosides)

       • G. Franz

       Pages 384-393

3. Macromolecular Carbohydrates — Occurrence, Metabolism, Function

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 395-395

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   2. Biosynthesis of Starch and Its Regulation

      • J. Preiss

      Pages 397-417

   3. Reserve Polysaccharides Other Than Starch in Higher Plants

      • H. Meier, J. S. G. Reid

      Pages 418-471

   4. Reserve Carbohydrates of Algae, Fungi, and Lichens

      • D. J. Manners, R. J. Sturgeon

      Pages 472-514

   5. Plant Glycoproteins

      • R. R. Selvendran, M. A. O’Neill

      Pages 515-583

   6. Membrane Glycoproteins

      • D. J. Bowles

      Pages 584-600

   7. Glycolipids and Other Glycosides

      • A. D. Elbein

      Pages 601-612

   8. Steryl Glycosides

      • M. Axelos, C. Péaud-Lenoël

      Pages 613-631

4. Physiological Processes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 633-633

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The essential features of constitution, configuration, and conformation in carbo­ hydrate chemistry, so well established in the . first half of this century, had yet to be exploited by those concerned with biochemical and physiological processes in plants when the original Encyclopedia appeared. Two outstanding developments, discovery of sugar nucleotides and the advent of chromatography, brought together the insight and a means of probing complexities inherent in plant carbohydrates. These advances, combined with a modern knowledge of enzymes and cellular metabolism, have provided new horizons of investigation for the student of plant physiology. This volume and its companion (Vol. 13B) present a comprehensive assess­ ment of the current viewpoint in plant carbohydrates with emphasis on those aspects which impinge on physiological processes of growth and development. To accommodate the extensive amount of information to be presented, subject matter has been divided, somewhat arbitrarily, into intracellular and extracellular carbohydrates, with the latter defined as carbohydrates occurring in space out­ side the plasma membrane (plasmalemma). This classification is not exclusive; rather it is intended to lend a degree of flexibility to the way in which subject matter is arranged between volumes. The first section of this volume addresses the occurrence, metabolism, and function of monomeric and higher saccharides of fungi, algae, and higher plants.

• Nucleotide
• Plant physiology
• algae
• chemistry
• development
• enzymes
• fungi
• growth
• metabolism
• physiology
• plant
• plants
• plasma membrane

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

  Frank A. Loewus

• Institut für Botanik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

  Widmar Tanner

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