Biosynthesis of Vitamins in Plants Part B

Series PageContributors to Volume 59PrefaceVitamins: a plant affairContents of volumes 35-58Vitamin B6 in Plants: More Than Meets the EyeI. IntroductionII. Biological Functions and RequirementsIII. DistributionIV. Biosynthesis and Cellular Location of the PathwaysV. Regulation, Turnover and CatabolismVI. Impact of the Vitamin on Plant Physiology and DevelopmentVII. Comparison with Other Autotrophic Non-Plant OrganismsVIII. Engineering the Pathway for Nutritional EnhancementIX. ConclusionsBiotin (Vitamin B8) Synthesis in PlantsI. IntroductionII. The Biosynthetic PathwayIII. Protein BiotinylationIV. Concluding RemarksMetabolism of Folates in PlantsI. Folates StructureII. Biological Functions of Folates: C1-Metabolism and BeyondIII. Folate Synthesis, Turnover and Homeostasis in PlantsIV. Folate Synthesis in Other AutotrophsV. Physiology of Folate in Human Health and DiseaseVI. Folate Biofortification in PlantsVitamin C: The Metabolism and Functions of Ascorbic Acid in PlantsI. IntroductionII. Ascorbate Biosynthesis: The D-Mannose/L-Galactose (Man/L-Gal) PathwayIII. Are There Multiple Pathways for Ascorbate Biosynthesis?IV. The Control of Ascorbate Biosynthesis and Pathway EngineeringV. Ascorbate CatabolismVI. Ascorbate Transport and Subcellular CompartmentationVII. Ascorbate ConjugatesVIII. The Redox Reactions of AscorbateIX. The Functions of AscorbateX. ConclusionsVitamin EI. A Brief History of Vitamin E ResearchII. Structure and Chemistry of Tocochromanols and Vitamin EIII. Tocochromanol Distribution in Plant Tissues and FoodsIV. Vitamin E Requirement in Humans and Biological FunctionsV. The Tocochromanol Pathway in Photosynthetic OrganismsVI. Biochemical Genomics Enabled the Cloning of Tocochromanol Pathway EnzymesVII. Engineering Multiple Steps of the Pathway and Application to Agricultural CropsVIII. Potential for Breeding Plants with Improved Vitamin E ContentIX. Progress in Elucidating Tocochromanol Functions in Photosynthetic OrganismsVitamin K1