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Stress responses of photosynthetic organisms
molecular mechanisms and molecular regulations
1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Sixteen topics from the results of the research project "Molecular Mechanisms for Responses of the Photosynthetic Apparatus to the Environment," are documented in this excellent and timely work. Photosynthesis research has a long history in Japan, and many Japanese laboratories working in this field have been very active and productive. Based on the foundation established by these laboratories, the research reflected in this book focuses on elucidating the interactions between photosynthesis and the environment, with special emphasis on the molecular aspects of these interactions. The major purpose of the research was to identify specific genes required for (a) repair of the organisms from stress-induced damage to the photosynthetic machinery and (b) acclimation of photosynthetic processes to specific changes in environmental conditions. Once specific genes were identified, the effects of expression (and overexpression) of these genes in transgenic plants on acclimation processes were analyzed. Through the analysis of transgenic plants and cyanobacteria, the volume clarifies a number of molecular mechanisms by which plants acclimate to environmental variations, and the factors that govern recovery from stress-induced damage, especially with respect to the photosynthetic apparatus. A treatize on stress physiology and photosynthesis, the book also indicates the agricultural usefulness of transgenic plants and microalgae which are produced to study the molecular mechanisms of the tolerance of plants to changes in their environment
Front Cover; Stress Responses of Photosynthetic Organisms; Copyright page; Preface; Table of Contents; Part One: PHOTOOXIDATIVE STRESSES; Chapter1 . Creation of photo-tolerant mutants of a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, by in vitro random mutagenesis of the psbA gene; INTRODUCTION; 1. CREATION OF PHOTO-TOLERANT MUTANTS; 2. NUCLEOTIDE AND AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTIONS; 3. CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOTO-TOLERANT MUTANTS; 4. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Photorespiration is an essential mechanism for the protection of C3 plants from photooxidation
INTRODUCTION1. RECYCLING OF C02 PRODUCED BY PHOTORESPIRATION; 2. THE PHOTOPROTECTIVE FUNCTION OF PHOTORESPIRATION; 3. ADAPTATION TO STRONG LIGHT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Molecular mechanism for relaxation of and protection from light stress; INTRODUCTION; 1. ADAPTATION OF CHLOROPLASTS TO EXCESS PHOTONS; 2. WATER-WATER CYCLE; 3. TWO PATHWAYS OF CYCLIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT AROUND PSI; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Gene structures and expression control of active oxygen scavenging enzymes in rice; INTRODUCTION; 1. ACTIVE OXYGEN SCAVENGING ENZYMES AND THE GENES
2. EXPRESSION OF ACTIVE OXYGEN SCAVENGING ENZYMES IN RICE PLANT3. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Photooxidative stress sensitivity of transgenic plants containing altered levels of active oxygen scavenging enzymes; INTRODUCTION; 1. OVEREXPRESSION OF GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE CONFERS RESISTANCE TO PHOTOOXIDATIVE STRESS; 2. DECREASE IN ACTIVITY OF GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE ENHANCES PARAQUAT SENSITIVITY IN TRANSGENIC Nicotiana tabacum; 3. PHOTOOXIDATIVE STRESS TOLERANCE OF TRANSGENIC Nicotiana tabacum WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITIES OF GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE AND SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; REFERENCES
Part Two: HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE STRESSESChapter 6. Molecular chaperones and temperature stress; INTRODUCTION; 1. CHAPERONIN FAMILY (Cpn); 2. HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN 70 FAMILY (Hsp70); 3. INTERACTION OF CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS AND MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; 4. HEAT RESPONSES OF CHAPERONIN FAMILIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Molecular mechanisms of the low-temperature tolerance of the photosynthetic machinery; INTRODUCTION; 1. FATTY ACID DESATURASES: MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION; 2. OVEREXPRESSION OF A12 ACYL-LIPID DESATURASES IN Escherichia coli AND SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS
3. GENETIC MANIPULATION OF THE UNSATURATION OF FATTY ACIDS IN MEMBRANE LIPIDS4. EFFECTS OF THE UNSATURATION OF FATTY ACIDS IN MEMBRANE LIPIDS ON TOLERANCE TO LOW TEMPERATURE; 5. THE TEMPERATURE-INDUCED REGULATION OF EXPRESSION OF GENES FOR DESATURASES; 6. LOW-TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE IN HIGHER PLANTS; 7. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; Part Three: SALT, IONIC AND DROUGHT STRESSES; Chapter 8. Glycinebetaine and the genetic engineering of salinity tolerance in plants; INTRODUCTION; 1. GENETIC ENGINEERING OF THE GLYCINEBETAINE ACCUMULATION IN CYANOBACTERIA
editors, Kimiyuki Satoh and Norio Murata.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.