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Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms

New Concepts and Experimental Approaches

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  1. Thomas J. Bach

    1. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire, Département Réseaux, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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  2. Michel Rohmer

    1. , Institut Le Bel, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg CX, France

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  • Presents the latest and the most applicable information on isoprenoids
  • All chapters are written by experts in their fields
  • Illustrated with both detailed line drawings and color photos

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Prokaryotic Organisms

    • Manuel Rodríguez-Concepción, Albert Boronat
    Pages 1-16

  3. 1-Deoxy-d-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Synthase (DXS), a Crucial Enzyme for Isoprenoids Biosynthesis

    • Song Xiang, Gerlinde Usunow, Gudrun Lange, Marco Busch, Liang Tong
    Pages 17-28

  4. Biosynthetic Genes and Enzymes of Isoprenoids Produced by Actinomycetes

    • Tohru Dairi
    Pages 29-49

  5. Interactions of Isoprenoid Pathway Enzymes and Indirect Stimulation of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis by Pentose Phosphate Cycle Substrates in Synechocystis PCC 6803

    • Kelly Poliquin, Francis X. Cunningham Jr., R. Raymond Gantt, Elisabeth Gantt
    Pages 51-63

  6. Metabolic Engineering of Monoterpenoid Production in Yeast

    • Marc Fischer, Sophie Meyer, Maryline Oswald, Patricia Claudel, Francis Karst
    Pages 65-71

  7. Metabolic Engineering of Isoprenoid Production: Reconstruction of Multistep Heterologous Pathways in Tractable Hosts

    • Jérôme Maury, Mohammad A. Asadollahi, Luca R. Formenti, Michel Schalk, Jens Nielsen
    Pages 73-89

  8. Microbially Derived Semisynthetic Artemisinin

    • Christopher J. Paddon, Derek McPhee, Patrick J. Westfall, Kirsten R. Benjamin, Douglas J. Pitera, Rika Regentin et al.
    Pages 91-106

  9. Artemisinin: Controlling Its Production in Artemisia annua

    • Pamela Weathers, Melissa Towler, Yi Wang, Kristin K. Wobbe
    Pages 107-117

  10. Fosmidomycin as an Antimalarial Agent

    • Jochen Wiesner, Armin Reichenberg, Martin Hintz, Regina Ortmann, Martin Schlitzer, Serge Van Calenbergh et al.
    Pages 119-137

  11. Regulation of Isoprene and Monoterpene Emission

    • Isabel Nogués, Francesco Loreto
    Pages 139-153

  12. Involvement of Compartmentalization in Monoterpene and Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis in Plants

    • Michael Gutensohn, Dinesh A. Nagegowda, Natalia Dudareva
    Pages 155-169

  13. Strategies for the Manipulation of Carbocations by Aristolochene Synthase

    • David J. Miller, Rudolf K. Allemann
    Pages 171-183

  14. Elucidating the Formation of Geranyllinalool, the Precursor of the Volatile C16-Homoterpene TMTT Involved in Indirect Plant Defense

    • Marco Herde, Katrin Gärtner, Tobias Köllner, Benjamin Fode, Wilhelm Boland, Jonathan Gershenzon et al.
    Pages 185-198

  15. Strigolactones: A Cry for Help Results in Fatal Attraction. Is Escape Possible?

    • Carolien Ruyter-Spira, Juan Antonio López-Ráez, Catarina Cardoso, Tatsiana Charnikhova, Radoslava Matusova, Wouter Kohlen et al.
    Pages 199-211

  16. Prenyldiphosphate Synthases and Gibberellin Biosynthesis

    • Chris C. N. van Schie, Michel A. Haring, Robert C. Schuurink
    Pages 213-232

  17. Gibberellin Phytohormone Metabolism

    • Reuben J. Peters
    Pages 233-249

  18. Control of Plastidial Isoprenoid Precursor Supply: Divergent 1-Deoxy- d -Xylulose 5-Phosphate Synthase (DXS) Isogenes Regulate the Allocation to Primary or Secondary Metabolism

    • Michael H. Walter, Daniela S. Floss, Heike Paetzold, Kerstin Manke, Jessica Vollrath, Wolfgang Brandt et al.
    Pages 251-270

  19. Tobacco Trichomes as a Platform for Terpenoid Biosynthesis Engineering

    • Alain Tissier, Christophe Sallaud, Denis Rontein
    Pages 271-283

  20. Prenylated Proteins Are Required for Methyl-Jasmonate-Induced Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus

    • Vincent Courdavault, Marc Clastre, Andrew John Simkin, Nathalie Giglioli-Guivarc’h
    Pages 285-296
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About this book

Isoprenoids are important in primary and secondary metabolism. They have implications in a myriad of physiological processes notably in plants, microorganisms and parasites, and biological activities at the cellular, organism, and ecosystem levels. The importance of isoprenoids in various areas of the scientific world has spurred intense research worldwide. Also their role in "nutraceuticals" has stimulated scientific curiosity. Literature on isoprenoids is widely scattered in journals with quite differing readerships and geographic distribution.

A comprehensive book on isoprenoids does not exist. Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts and Experimental Approaches fills this gap by presenting the latest and the most applicable information on isoprenoids. The most recent TERPNET conference serves as the backdrop and provides much of the inspiration for the topics covered in the book. Additional topics of interest are covered as well, making Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts and Experimental Approaches the most comprehensive review of isoprenoid synthesis to date.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut de Biologie Moléculaire, Département Réseaux, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Thomas J. Bach

  • , Institut Le Bel, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg CX, France

    Michel Rohmer

About the editors

Thomas J. Bach
Département Réseaux métaboliques, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Michel Rohmer
Institut Le Bel, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

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