The Biology of Fructans
Published on 30. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
183 pages
978-0-521-47621-8 (ISBN)
Description
Polymers and oligomers of fructose have been found in taxa as diverse as bacteria and flowering plants. They are one of the most widespread alternative storage compounds to glucans. As such, they are of major importance when they are found in plants of agricultural significance. This volume brings together papers on the fructans from the New Phytologist which were originally presented at a symposium in Aberystwyth in 1992. Several aspects of fructan biology are covered. The evolutionary origin in relation to their biogeographic distribution is discussed. A large section surveys synthesis of fructans in a wide range of species including Streptococcus and dandelions. The various structures of fructans and the roles they play in organisms are analysed, especially in important agricultural species such as wheat and barley. Finally the degradation and removal of fructans is examined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-47621-8 (9780521476218)
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Content
1. Evolutionary origins and natural functions of fructans - a climatological, biogeographic and mechanistic appraisal; 2. Evidence for the de novo synthesis of fructan by enzymes from higher plants: a reappraisal of the SST/FFT model; 3. The kinetic analysis of fructan biosynthesis in excised leaves of Lolium temulentum L.; 4. Purification and properties of an invertase with sucrose: sucrose fructosyltransferase (SST) activity from the roots of Cichorium intybus L.; 5. The role of carbohydrate storage and redistribution in the source-sink relations of wheat and barley during grain filling - a review; 6. Temperature effect on fructan oligomer contents and fructan-related enzyme activities in stems of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) during grain filling; 7. Temperature effects on partitioning of 14C assimilates in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Screb.); 8. Structure of fructopolysaccharide (asparagosin) from roots of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.); 9. The fructosyltransferase of Streptococcus salivarius; 10. Purification and some properties of fructan: fructosyl transferase from dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber); 11. Fructan-hydrolyzing activities from Lolium rigidum Gaudin; 12. Fructan exohydrolase from grasses; 13. Fructan content of wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.) under hypoxia and following re-aeration; 14. Variability in the distribution of photoassimilates along leaves of temperate Gramineae; 15. Fructosyltransferase activities from Lolium rigidum Gaudin; 16. Purification and characterization of fructan: fructan fructosyltransferase from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.); 17. Structure and quantity of fructan oligomers in oat (Avena spp.); 18. Variation in fructan content in the underground organs of Vernonia herbacea (Vell.) Rusby at different phenological phases; 19. Distribution of fructose polymers in herbaceous species of Asteraceae from the cerrado.