Plastid Biology

Plastids are the sites of conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy usable to sustain life. They are also responsible for the production of the vast majority of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Through these activities they play a unique role in the biosphere, producing two critical products upon which life on Earth depends. It covers in 21 chapters nearly all actively investigated areas of plastid biology, from biosynthesis to function to their uses in biotechnology. The editors have compiled an extensive list of international experts from whom to solicit chapters. As is evident from the suggested Table of Contents, the book will start with a discussion of genetic material and its expression, followed by differentiation and development of different plastid types and internal organization. This is followed by an in depth look at biogenesis and assembly of plastid proteins and protein complexes and then by the important metabolic functions in plastids. The book will end with two chapters discussing the role of plastid biology in protein expression biotechnology and in hydrogen and biofuel production.

List of contents

Chloroplast Gene Expression - RNA Synthesis and Processing.- Chloroplast Gene Expression - Translation.- The Chloroplast Genome and Nucleo-Cytosolic Crosstalk.- An Overview of Chloroplast Biogenesis and Development.- Dynamic Architecture of Plant Photosynthetic Membranes.- Plastid Division.- Stromules.- The Apicoplast: A Parasite's Symbiont.- Mechanisms of Chloroplast Protein Import in Plants.- Protein Routing Processes in the Thylakoid.- Protein Transport into Plastids of Secondary Evolved Organisms.- Processing and Degradation of Chloroplast Extension Peptides.- Molecular Chaperone Functions in Plastids.- Plastid Proteases.- Photoprotective Mechanisms: Carotenoids.- Regulation of Electron Transport in Photosynthesis.- Ion Homeostasis in the Chloroplast.- Synthesis of Recombinant Products in the Chloroplast.- Hydrogen and Biofuel Production in the Chloroplast.

Summary

Plastids are the sites of conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy usable to sustain life. This is followed by an in depth look at biogenesis and assembly of plastid proteins and protein complexes and then by the important metabolic functions in plastids.

Product details

• Assisted by: Steve M Theg (Editor), Steven M Theg (Editor), Steven Theg (Editor), Steven M. Theg (Editor), Wollman (Editor), Wollman (Editor), Francis-Andre Wollman (Editor), Francis-André Wollman (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781493942114
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-4211-4
• No. of pages: 589
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 32 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 903 g
• Illustrations: XII, 589 p. 51 illus., 46 illus. in color.
• Series: Advances in Plant Biology; Advances in Plant Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Botany, biotechnology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Genetics (non-medical), Plant Genetics, Plant anatomy, Plant Development, Plant Anatomy/Development, Developmental biology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant breeding, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Advances in Plant Biology;Plastid Biology