Ebook: Higher Plant Cell Respiration

I am honored by the editor's invitation to write a Preface for this volume. As a member of an older generation of plant physiologists, my lineage in plant respiration traces back to F. F. BLACKMAN through the privilege of having M. THOMAS and W. O. JAMES, two of his "students," as my mentors. How the subject has changed in 40 years! In those dark ages B. 14C. most of the information available was hard-won from long-term experiments using the input-output approach. Respiratory changes in response to treatments were measured by laborious gas analysis or by titration of alkali from masses of Pettenkofer tubes; the Warburg respir­ ometer was just beginning to be used for plant studies by pioneers such as TURNER and ROBERTSON. Nevertheless the classical experiments of BLACKMAN with apples had led to important results on the relations between anaerobic and aerobic carbohydrate utilization and on the climacteric, and to the first explicit concept of respiratory control of respiration imposed by the" organiza­ tion resistance" of cell structure. THOMAS extended this approach in his investi­ gations of the Pasteur effect and the induction of aerobic fermentation by poi­ sons such as cyanide and high concentrations of CO , JAMES began a long 2 series of studies of the partial reactions of respiration in extracts from barley and YEMM'S detailed analysis of carbohydrate components in relation to respira­ tory changes added an important new dimension.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Preparation of Plant Mitochondria, Criteria for Assessement of Mitochondrial Integrity and Purity, Survival in Vitro....Pages 7-24
Molecular Organization and Expression of the Mitochondrial Genome of Higher Plants....Pages 25-36
Plant Mitochondrial Lipids: Structure, Function and Biosynthesis....Pages 37-71
Plant Mitochondrial Cytochromes....Pages 72-105
The Outer Membrane of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 106-133
Organization of the Respiratory Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation....Pages 134-172
The Oxidation of NADH by Plant Mitochondria....Pages 173-201
The Cyanide-Resistant Pathway of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 202-247
Membrane Transport Systems of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 248-280
The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Plant Mitochondria: Its Operation and Regulation....Pages 281-313
Leaf Mitochondria (C3 + C4 + CAM)....Pages 314-346
Starch and Sucrose Degradation....Pages 347-390
The Organization of Glycolysis and the Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Plants....Pages 391-417
Respiration in Intact Plants and Tissues: Its Regulation and Dependence on Environmental Factors, Metabolism and Invaded Organisms....Pages 418-473
Back Matter....Pages 475-524

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Preparation of Plant Mitochondria, Criteria for Assessement of Mitochondrial Integrity and Purity, Survival in Vitro....Pages 7-24
Molecular Organization and Expression of the Mitochondrial Genome of Higher Plants....Pages 25-36
Plant Mitochondrial Lipids: Structure, Function and Biosynthesis....Pages 37-71
Plant Mitochondrial Cytochromes....Pages 72-105
The Outer Membrane of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 106-133
Organization of the Respiratory Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation....Pages 134-172
The Oxidation of NADH by Plant Mitochondria....Pages 173-201
The Cyanide-Resistant Pathway of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 202-247
Membrane Transport Systems of Plant Mitochondria....Pages 248-280
The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Plant Mitochondria: Its Operation and Regulation....Pages 281-313
Leaf Mitochondria (C3 + C4 + CAM)....Pages 314-346
Starch and Sucrose Degradation....Pages 347-390
The Organization of Glycolysis and the Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Plants....Pages 391-417
Respiration in Intact Plants and Tissues: Its Regulation and Dependence on Environmental Factors, Metabolism and Invaded Organisms....Pages 418-473
Back Matter....Pages 475-524
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