Plant Polysaccharides is an excellent addition to Blackwell Publishing's Annual Plant Reviews. This timely volume provides comprehensive coverage of these most important compounds which are a vital part of all plants' structure, and in energy storage systems. Commencing with a section covering cell wall composition, the book then provides wide coverage of aspects including polysaccharide biosynthesis, supra-molecular structure, and bioengineering. A final sectionof the book deals with the exploitation of nanoscale phenomena and biologicalproperties of plant polysaccharides, including chapters on their relevance infood ingredient design, dental implant coatings and their properties as anti-cancer agents. Edited by one of the major research figures in the field, with contributions from many well known and respected workers in the area, Plant Polysaccharides is a volume of great interest to plant scientists including celland molecular biologists, biochemists and structural biologists. Development personnel involved in food ingredient and pharmaceutical research will also find much of interest. Libraries in all universities and research establishmentsteaching and researching in life sciences, nutrition, food science and pharmacology should have copies of this important volume on their shelves INDICE: Foreword. Introduction. Cell wall composition. Chemical strategiesand tools for organic synthesis of pectic fragments. High through-put methods. Polysaccharide biosynthesis. Feeding wall polysaccharide biosynthesis from central metabolism. CAZy families of GTs. GT2 + GT48. GT8. GT31. GT34 + GT37. GT43. GT47. GT64. GT77. Non-GT enzymes involved in polysaccharide biosnthesis. The gene families of AGPs and extensins. Beyond the Golgi: polysaccharide secretion and deposition in the wall. Supra-molecular structure. Nanoscale phenomena. Functional properties and polysaccharide behavior at high concentrations. Cell wall architecture. Bioengineering. The use of fungal genes for polysaccharide engineering in transgenic plants. Heterologous polysaccharide production in transgenic plants. Glycan engineering in transgenic plants. Oligosaccharideengineering and production in prokaryotic hosts. Exploiting nanoscale phenomena and biological properties of plant polysaccharides. Polysaccharides in dispersed systems. Polysaccharide nanobiotechnology - a case study of dental implant coating. Immunomodulatory and anticancer activities of complex plant polysaccharides.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8172-3
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 17/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés