Sugar metabolism and transport

Title: Sugar metabolism and transport
Creator: Wang, L.; Ruan, Y.-L.
Relation: Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology p. 317-342
Publisher: Higher Education Publishing
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2012
Description: In most of higher plants, sucrose is the primary organic carbon that is translocated through phloem from photosynthetic leaves (source) into non-photosynthetic tissues (sink) such as seed, fruit and root. After phloem unloading in sinks, sucrose needs to be degraded into hexoses or their derivates for diverse uses. Sugars, including sucrose, hexoses and trehalose, also act as signaling molecules to regulate gene expression, hence, plant development. Here we focus on the molecular and biochemcial characterization of key genes and proteins controlling sugar transport and metabolism in plants. We also discuss how the expression and activity of these key players regulate biosynthesis of major biopolymers including starch and cellulose.
Description: 4th
Subject: sucrose; photosynthesis; sugar transport; metabolism
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1308623
Identifier: uon:21684
Identifier: ISBN:9787040351552
Language: chi