Plant metabolic networks / Jörg Schwender, editor ; foreword by Jacqueline v. Shanks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwender, Jörg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Metabolism.

Plants.

Plants--Metabolism--Computer simulation.

Plants--Metabolism--Regulation.

Computer simulation.

Physical Description:

xii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2009]

Summary:

Plants are the basis for human nutrition and are of increasing interest for the chemical industry as a source of chemical feed stocks. Fuels derived from plant biomass will increasingly replace fossil fuels in the future. In order to increase crop productivity, design new plant products, and create new energy crops, there is need for methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of metabolism which are able to guide the rational re-design of metabolic networks.

In Plant Metabolic Networks recent advances in qualitative and quantitative analysis of metabolism are summarized to give an overview of the current state of knowledge. The book can be divided into three parts: First an introductory chapter (chapter 2), relating to the unique complexity of plant metabolism. the following thre chapters describe how to analyze the components that make up the metabolic network, metabolites and enzymes. Finally, chapters 6 to 11 are devoted to network analysis and modeling. Contributions from different expert authors have been assembled to give a current view on plant metabolic networks, from the analysis of the molecular parts to approaches of mathematical modeling of plant metabolic networks at the cellular level.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Jr̲g Schwender 1

2 Definition of Plant Metabolic Networks / Andreas P.M. Weber 9

3 Metabolite Measurements / Ute Roessner, Diane M. Beckles 39

4 Enzyme Kinetics: Theory and Practice / Alistair Rogers, Yves Gibon 71

5 Quantification of Isotope Label / D.K. Allen, R.G. Ratcliffe 105

6 Data Integration / Aaron Fait, Alisdair R. Fernie 151

7 Topology of Plant Metabolic Networks / Eva Grafahrend-Belau, Bjr̲n H. Junker, Christian Klukas, Dirk Koschützki, Falk Schreiber, Henning Schwb̲bermeyer 173

8 Network Stoichiometry / Nanette R. Boyle, Avantika A. Shastri, John A. Morgan 211

9 Isotopic Steady-State Flux Analysis / Jr̲g Schwender 245

10 Application of Dynamic Flux Analysis in Plant Metabolic Networks / Amy J.M. Coln̤, John A. Morgan, Natalia Dudareva, David Rhodes 285

11 Kinetic Properties of Metabolic Networks / Jr̲g Schwender 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780387787442

0387787445

OCLC:

233934405