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This volume is the most comprehensive and detailed account of seed proteins so far published and the first dedicated volume for a number of years. It covers the major storage protein groups (prolamins, 2S albumins, 7Sglobulins, and 11S globulins), focusing on those present in crops. It also covers other widely distributed groups of proteins including lectins, inhibitors, antifungal proteins, thionins and oil body protein (oleosins).The breadth of coverage of the proteins is wide, including their structures and properties, evolutionary relationships, classical and molecular genetics and mechanisms of synthesis, trafficking and deposition within thecells.
It should therefore become a standard source book for active research scientists as well as for higher level teaching.
List of contents
Introduction. 1. Seed Proteins; P.R. Shewry, R. Casey. Prolamin Storage Proteins. 2. The Characteristics, Structures and Evolutionary Relationships of Prolamins; P.R. Shewry, A.S. Tatham. 3. The Prolamins of the Triticeae; P.R. Shewry, et al. 4. Avenins: The Prolamins of Oats; P.R. Shewry. 5. The Prolamins of Rice; D.G. Muench, et al. 6. The Prolamins of Maize; C.E. Coleman, B.A. Larkins. 7. The Prolamins of Sorghum, Coix and Millets; A. Leite, et al. Storage Globulins (7S/11S). 8. Distribution and Some Properties of Seed Globulins; R. Casey. 9. Pea Globulins; R. Casey, C. Domoney. 10. Phaseolin: its Past, Properties, Regulation and Future; T.C. Hall, et al. 11. Canavalin; A. McPherson. 12. Vicia Globulins; K. Müntz, et al. 13. Soybean Globulins; N.C. Nielsen, Y.-W. Nam. 14. Lupin Globulins; G.G. Lilley. 15. Groundnut Globulins; R. Bhushan, J. Martens. 16. Oat Globulins; M.A. Shotwell. 17. Rice Glutelins; F. Takaiwa, et al. 18. Globulin Storage Proteins in Crucifers and Non-legume Dicotyledonous Families; M. Delseny, M. Raynal. 19. Globulins of Pseudocereals: Amaranthus, Quinoa and Buckwheat; M. Segura-Nieto, et al. 20. 7S Globulins of Cereals; A.L. Kriz. 21. Molecular Phylogenies and Structural Diversification of Gymnosperm and Angiosperm Storage Globulins; K.-P. Häger, H. Fischer. 22. Structural Relationships of 7S and 11S Globulins; M.C. Lawrence. 23. Origin and Evolution of Seed Globulins; A.D. Shutov, H. Bäumlein. 2S Albumin Storage Proteins. 24. The 2S Albumin Storage Proteins; P.R. Shewry, M.J. Pandya. Inhibitors. 25. Enzyme Inhibitors of Seeds: Types and Properties; P.R. Shewry. 26. A Multigene Family of Trypsin/&agr;-Amylase Inhibitors from Cereals; F. García-Olmedo. 27. Inhibitors of Legume Seeds; C. Domoney. Other Seed Proteins of Wide Distribution. 28. Seed Lectins; W.J. Peumans, E.J.M. van Damme. 29. Lipoxygenases; R. Casey. 30. Thionins; F. Garcí-Olmedo. 31. Antifungal Proteins; R.W. Osborn, W.F. Broekaert. 32. LEA Proteins; A.C. Cuming. 33. Seed Oleosins; M. Moloney. Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins. 34. Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins: The Pathway of Protein Synthesis and Deposition in the Cell; A.R. Kermode, J.D. Bewley. 35. Synthesis, Processing and Deposition of Seed Proteins: Possible Role of Molecular Chaperones and the Unfolded Protein Response; J.A. Napier.
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`...Seed Proteins can be recommended to a wide range of readers, not only to plant biochemists and molecular biologists, but also to plant breeders, seed testers, agronomists, phytochemists and physiologists. It should be a standard volume in the library of all those dealing with seed in the widest sense.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 152:4 (2000)
