Post-translational Modifications in Plants: 53 (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Series Number 53) - Hardcover

Edited By N. H. Battey, H. G. Dickinson, A. M. Hetherington

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521411815 ISBN 13: 9780521411813

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Post-translational modifications are now known to play a fundamental role in regulating the activity, location and function of a wide range of proteins. In plant cells work on different types of post-translational modifications has progressed largely along independent lines. This book brings research workers together to allow an exchange of ideas, and reflects a diversity of interest whilst also revealing common ground. An introductory chapter reviewing recent progress in the field is followed by reviews of protein phosphorylation in bacteria and animals which provide a useful perspective on this subject in plants. Consideration is then given to plant protein kinases and the processes they control. Acylation and glycosylation, and their functions in protein targeting and folding are reviewed, along with the roles of glycoproteins in plant development and of ubiquitination in plant senescence.

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Review

'... a good starting point for undergraduates, not only in terms of plant biology but also as a discussion of post translational modifications in general.' David Stephens, FEBS Letters

Book Description

This book is about what happens to proteins once they have been synthesised within the plant cell. The contents provide an overview of the subject and a starting point for future research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521411815
• ISBN 13: 9780521411813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332