Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants (eBook)

Nicholas Smirnoff (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4051-7146-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced during the interaction of metabolism with oxygen. As ROS have the potential to cause oxidative damage by reacting with biomolecules, research on ROS has concentrated on the oxidative damage that results from exposure to environmental stresses and on the role of ROS in defence against pathogens. However, more recently, it has become apparent that ROS also have important roles as signalling molecules. A complex network of enzymatic and small molecule antioxidants controls the concentration of ROS and repairs oxidative damage, and research is revealing the complex and subtle interplay between ROS and antioxidants in controlling plant growth, development and response to the environment.

This book covers these new developments, generally focussing on molecular and biochemical details and providing a point of entry to the detailed literature. It is directed at researchers and professionals in plant molecular biology, biochemistry and cell biology, in both the academic and industrial sectors.

Autor

Dr Nicholas Smirnoff is at the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Exeter, UK

Inhalt

1. Glutathione.

Christine H. Foyer, Leonardo Gomez and Philippus D. R. van
Heerden, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.

2. Plant thiol enzymes and thiol homeostasis in relation to
thiol-dependent redox regulation and oxidative stress.

Karl-Josef Dietz, Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Physiologie
der Pflanzen, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität
Bielefeld, Germany.

3. Ascorbate, tocopherol and carotenoids: metabolism, pathway
engineering and functions.

Nicholas Smirnoff, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences,
University of Exeter, UK.

4. Ascorbate peroxidase.

Ron Mittler, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada,
Reno, USA and Thomas L. Poulos, Department of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, USA.

5. Catalases in plants: molecular and functional properties and
role in stress defence.

Jürgen Feierabend, Institute of Botany, J. W. Goethe
Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.

6. Phenolics as antioxidants.

Stepehen C. Grace, Biology Department, University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

7. Reactive oxygen species as signalling molecules.

Radhika Desikan, John Hancock and Steven Neill, Centre for
Research in Plant Science, University of the West of England,
Bristol, UK.

8. Reactive oxygen species in plant development and pathogen
defence.

Mark A. Jones and Nicholas Smirnoff, School of Biological and
Chemical Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.

9. Reactive oxygen species in cell walls.

Robert A. M. Vreeburg and Stephen C. Fry, School of Biological
Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.

10. Reactive oxygen species and photosynthesis.

Barry Logan, Biology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick,
Maine, USA.

11. Plant responses to ozone.

Pinja Jaspers, Hannes Kollist, Christian Langebartels, and
Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Department of Biological and Environmental
Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.

References.

Index

Rezensionen

Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants summarizes much
recent research in to the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in
plant metabolism, underling the important role of ROS as signalling
molecules in plant growth and development and in plant responses to
biotic and abiotic stress. It provides a solid background for
research workers involved in this field of investigation and
comprises eleven chapters written by twenty authors, all of whom
are recognized scientists with notable achievements in research
into antioxidants and oxygen stress.

The great value of the book is that it reflects recent marked
changes in our view of ROS.

The book will be very useful not only for researchers directly
involved in ROS and antioxidants investigations, but also to those
who are entering the field, since each chapter has a brief
introduction with definitions and an explanation of the problem. I
can certainly recommend Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in
Plants to graduate students with a background in plant molecular
biology, biochemistry and environmental biology and who have an
interest in the growing significance of ROS in so many aspects of
plant life.

Anna M. Rychter

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Biological Sciences Series
• Reihe/Serie: Biological Sciences Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biowissenschaften • Botanik / Biochemie • Life Sciences • plant biochemistry
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-7146-4 / 1405171464
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-7146-5 / 9781405171465