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Evolution of Metabolic Pathways

By John T. Romeo , Ragal Ibrahim , Luc Varin and Vincenzo De Luca (Eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2000
ISBN
0080438601, 9780080438603
ISSN
0079-9920
Open Library ID
OL18217174M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (24015673 bytes)
Series
Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 34
Pages
1-467\481
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The past decade has seen major advances in the cloning of genes encoding enzymes of plant secondary metabolism. This has been further enhanced by the recent project on the sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome. These developments provide the molecular genetic basis to address the question of the Evolution of Metabolic Pathways. This volume provides in-depth reviews of our current knowledge on the evolutionary origin of plant secondary metabolites and the enzymes involved in their biosynthesis. The chapters cover five major topics: 1. Role of secondary metabolites in evolution; 2. Evolutionary origins of polyketides and terpenes; 3. Roles of oxidative reactions in the evolution of secondary metabolism; 4. Evolutionary origin of substitution reactions: acylation, glycosylation and methylation; and 5. Biochemistry and molecular biology of brassinosteroids.

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