Carbon Photoassimilation and Photosynthate Partitioning in Plants

FIGUEROA CM ; PIATTONI CV; TRÍPODI KE; PODESTÁ FE; IGLESIAS AA

Handbook of Photosynthesis, 3rd Edition

CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Boca Raton; Año: 2016; p. 509 - 535

CONTENTS 29.1 Intracellular and Intercellular Partitioning of Photosynthates29.2 Metabolism in the Leaf Cell29.2.1 Starch Metabolism in the Leaf Cell29.2.1.1 Starch Synthesis and Degradation in the Chloroplast 29.2.1.2 Regulation of the Starch Metabolism in the Chloroplast 29.2.2 Exchange of Metabolites between Chloroplast and Cytosol 29.2.3 Synthesis of Sucrose and Sugar-Alcohols29.2.3.1 The Pathway of Sucrose Synthesis 29.2.3.2 Sugar-Alcohols as Major Photosynthetic Products 29.2.4 Respiratory Metabolism in the Leaf Cell 29.3 Transport of Carbon from the Leaf to Sink Tissues 29.3.1 Sucrose Transporters 29.3.1.1 SWEET Transporters 29.3.1.2 SUT Transporters 29.3.2 Mannitol and Glucitol Transporters 29.4 Metabolism in Heterotrophic Cells 29.4.1 Metabolism of Sucrose and Sugar-Alcohols 29.4.1.1 Sucrose Utilization in Nonphotosynthetic Tissues 29.4.1.2 Utilization of Mannitol and Glucitol in Heterotrophic Tissues 29.4.2 Metabolism for Starch Storage 29.4.3 Metabolism for Lipid Storage 29.5 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives References