Evolution of Metabolic Pathways

✍ Scribed by John T. Romeo, Ragal Ibrahim, Luc Varin and Vincenzo De Luca (Eds.)

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 481
• Series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 34
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The past decade has seen major advances in the cloning of genes encoding enzymes of plant secondary metabolism. This has been further enhanced by the recent project on the sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome. These developments provide the molecular genetic basis to address the question of the Evolution of Metabolic Pathways. This volume provides in-depth reviews of our current knowledge on the evolutionary origin of plant secondary metabolites and the enzymes involved in their biosynthesis. The chapters cover five major topics: 1. Role of secondary metabolites in evolution; 2. Evolutionary origins of polyketides and terpenes; 3. Roles of oxidative reactions in the evolution of secondary metabolism; 4. Evolutionary origin of substitution reactions: acylation, glycosylation and methylation; and 5. Biochemistry and molecular biology of brassinosteroids.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface
Pages vii-x
John T. Romeo, Ragai Ibrahim, Luc Varin, Vincenzo DeLuca

Chapter One The role of natural products in evolution Original Research Article
Pages 1-24
Bruce B. Jarvis

Chapter Two The evolution of phenolics in plants Original Research Article
Pages 25-54
Helen A. Stafford

Chapter Three The family of chalcone synthase-related proteins: Functional diversity and evolution Original Research Article
Pages 55-89
Joachim Schrödei

Chapter Four Macrolide and polyether polyketides biosynthesis and molecular diversity Original Research Article
Pages 91-107
Youla S. Tsantrizos, Xian-Shu Yang

Chapter Five Biochemical, molecular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of defense-related terpenoid metabolism in conifers Original Research Article
Pages 109-150
Jörg Bohlmann, Jonathan Gershenzon, Sébastien Aubourg

Chapter Six Function and evolution of plant cytochrome P450 Original Research Article
Pages 151-189
Rachel A. Kahn, Francis Durst

Chapter Seven The biosynthesis, degradation, transport and possible function of cyanogenic glucosides Original Research Article
Pages 191-247
Patrik R. Jones, Mette Dahl Andersen, John Strikart Nielsen, Peter Bordier Høj, Birger Lindberg Møller

Chapter Eight Two-oxoacid-dependent dioxygenases: Inefficient enzymes or evolutionary driving force? Original Research Article
Pages 249-284
Andy G. Prescott

Chapter Nine Evolution of acyltransferase genes: Origin and diversification fo the BAHD superfamily of acyltransferases involved in secondary metabolism Original Research Article
Pages 285-315
Benoit St-Pierre, Vincenzo De Luca

Chapter Ten Glycosyltransferases involved in plant secondary metabolism Original Research Article
Pages 317-347
Thomas Vogt

Chapter Eleven The methyltransferase gene superfamily: A tree with multiple branches Original Research Article
Pages 349-384
Ragai K. Ibrahim, Ingrid Muzac

Chapter Twelve Brassinosteroids—Structures, analysis and synthesis Original Research Article
Pages 385-407
Jürgen Schmidt, Barbara Spengler, Brunhilde Voigt, Günter Adam

Chapter Thirteen Recent advances in molecular genetic studies of the functions of brassinolide, a steroid hormone in plants Original Research Article
Pages 409-431
Zhi-Yong Wang, Joanne Chory

Chapter Fourteen Plant soluble sulfotransferases: Structural and functional similarity with mammalian enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 433-456
Frédéric Marsolais, Satinder Kaur Gidda, Jason Boyd, Luc Varin

Index
Pages 457-467