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The essential features of constitution, configuration, and conformation in carbo hydrate chemistry, so well established in the . first half of this century, had yet to be exploited by those concerned with biochemical and physiological processes in plants when the original Encyclopedia appeared. Two outstanding developments, discovery of sugar nucleotides and the advent of chromatography, brought together the insight and a means of probing complexities inherent in plant carbohydrates. These advances, combined with a modern knowledge of enzymes and cellular metabolism, have provided new horizons of investigation for the student of plant physiology. This volume and its companion (Vol. 13B) present a comprehensive assess ment of the current viewpoint in plant carbohydrates with emphasis on those aspects which impinge on physiological processes of growth and development. To accommodate the extensive amount of information to be presented, subject matter has been divided, somewhat arbitrarily, into intracellular and extracellular carbohydrates, with the latter defined as carbohydrates occurring in space out side the plasma membrane (plasmalemma). This classification is not exclusive; rather it is intended to lend a degree of flexibility to the way in which subject matter is arranged between volumes. The first section of this volume addresses the occurrence, metabolism, and function of monomeric and higher saccharides of fungi, algae, and higher plants.
List of contents
I. Monomeric and Oligomeric Sugars and Sugar Derivatives - Occurrence, Metabolism, Function.- 1 Aldo (and Keto) Hexoses and Uronic Acids.- 2 Polyhydroxy Acids: Relation to Hexose Phosphate Metabolism.- 3 Amino Sugars - Plants and Fungi.- 4 Branched-Chain Sugars.- 5 Sugar Alcohols.- 6 Cyclitols.- 7 Sucrose and Other Disaccharides.- 8 Oligosaccharides Based on Sucrose (Sucrosyl Oligosaccharides).- 9 Glycosylation of Heterosides (Glycosides).- II. Macromolecular Carbohydrates - Occurrence, Metabolism, Function.- 10 Biosynthesis of Starch and Its Regulation.- 11 Reserve Polysaccharides Other Than Starch in Higher Plants.- 12 Reserve Carbohydrates of Algae, Fungi, and Lichens.- 13 Plant Glycoproteins.- 14 Membrane Glycoproteins.- 15. Glycolipids and Other Glycosides.- 16 Steryl Glycosides.- III. Physiological Processes.- 17 Transport of Sugar.- 18 Secretion of Nectar.- 19 Storage of Sugars in Higher Plants.- 20 Storage of Starch.- 21 Control by External and Internal Factors Over the Mobilization of Reserve Carbohydrates in Higher Plants.- Author Index.- Species Index.
