Land plant biochemistry

Plant Biochemistry

has perpetuated the excellent publishing record of the past in this most recent edition. I am happy to state the affirmative. Since the previous edition was published in 1953, there was a tremendous amount of updating necessary, especially in terminology. This has been done quite well. A new chapter has been added on topographic anatomy and each section has been extensively revised or rewritten...

Update on Biochemistry of Plant Volatiles Biochemistry of Plant Volatiles

Plants have a penchant for perfuming the atmosphere around them. Since antiquity it has been known that both floral and vegetative parts of many species emit substances with distinctive smells. The discovery of the gaseous hormone ethylene 70 years ago brought the realization that at least some of the compounds emitted may have physiological significance without any distinctive smell to humans....

Update on Biochemistry Plant Hemoglobins

Hbs are widely distributed in higher plants, and by comparing sequences, expression patterns, and ligand-binding properties, it is evident that these fall into two broad groups (Fig. 1; also see Andersson et al., 1996). The symbiotic-type Hbs are predominantly found in the infected cells of nitrogen-fixing nodules of legumes and nonlegumes and function to facilitate oxygen transport. The other ...

Xi. Biochemistry of the Plant Root Rhizosphere

Harnessing plant trichome biochemistry for the production of useful compounds.

Plant trichomes come in a variety of shapes, sizes and cellular composition. Some types, commonly called glandular trichomes, produce large amounts of specialized (secondary) metabolites of diverse classes. Trichomes are implicated in a variety of adaptive processes, including defense against herbivores and micro-organisms as well as in ion homeostasis. Because trichomes protrude from the epide...