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9 Part VII: Pyridine Alkaloids 20 Occurrence and Biosynthesis of Pyridine Alkaloids 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Occurrence of Pyridine Alkaloids 20.3 Biosynthesis of Pyridine Alkaloids 20.4 Summary References 21 Physiological Aspect and Biotechnology of Trigonelline 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Physiological Aspect of Trigonelline Biosynthesis 21.3 Physiological Aspects of Nicotinate N-Glucoside Biosynthesis 21.4 The Role of Trigonelline in Plants 21.5 Biotechnology of Trigonelline 21.6 Summary References
10 Part VIII: Other Nucleotide-Related Metabolites 22 Sugar Nucleotides 22.1 Introduction 22.2 The Sugar Nucleotide Moiety 22.3 Enzymes of Sugar Nucleotide Biosynthesis 22.4 Localization of UDP-Glucose-Producing Enzymes 22.5 UDP-Glucose-Interconversion 22.6 Other Metabolites 22.7 Summary References 23 Cytokinins 23.1 Introduction 23.2 Adenosine Phosphate-Isopentenyl Formation 23.3 trans-Zeatin Phosphate Synthesis 23.4 Formation of Cytokinin Bases 23.5 Effect of Nucleotide Enzymes in Cytokinins 23.6 New Purine-Related Plant Growth Regulators 23.7 Summary References
11 Part IX: Dietary Plant Alkaloids, Their Bioavailability, and Potential Impact on Human Health 24 Bioavailability and Potential Impact on Human Health of Caffeine, Theobromine, and Trigonelline 24.1 Caffeine 24.2 Theobromine 24.3 Trigonelline 24.4 Summary References
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Nomenclature and abbreviations of purine and pyridine ribo- and...
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Concentration of nucleotides in plant cells and tissues.Table 2.2 Concentration of nucleosides and nucleobases in plant cells and...Table 2.3 Concentrations of NAD+, NADH, NADP+, and NADH in Arabid...
3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Enzymes involved in the conversion of nucleoside mono-, di- and...Table 3.2 5-Phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate PRPP-utilizing enzymes in plan...
4 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Summary of enzymes involved in the purine biosynthesisde novo i...
5 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Profile of activity of enzymes involved in purine salvage in gr...Table 5.2 Properties of the native and recombinant adenine phosphoribosyl...Table 5.3 Properties of the native and recombinant adenosine kinase (AK) ...Table 5.4 Properties of the native nucleoside phosphotransferase (NPT) fr...
6 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Summary of enzymes involved in the purine interconversion in pl...Table 6.2 Properties of plant AMP deaminase (AMPD), guanosine deaminase (...Table 6.3 Properties of the native adenosine nucleosidase (ARN), inosine/...Table 6.4 Properties of plant nucleosidases.Table 6.5 Plant materials used forin situ14C-purine tracer experiments. U...Table 6.6 Metabolic fate of [8-14C]adenine (A), adenosine (AR), guanine (...Table 6.7 Metabolic fate of [8-14C]adenine (A), adenosine (AR), guanine (...Table 6.8 Metabolic fate of [8-14C]deoxyladenosine (AdR) and deoxyguanosi...
7 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Summary of enzymes involved in allantoin formation from xanthin...Table 7.2 Summary of enzymes involved in the allantoate catabolism in pla...
8 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Summary of enzymes involved in the pyrimidine biosynthesisde no...Table 8.2 Summary of enzymes involved in thymidine nucleotide biosynthesi...
9 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Profile of activity of enzymes involved in pyrimidine salvagein...Table 9.2 Properties of the native and recombinant uracil phosphoribosylt...Table 9.3 Properties of the recombinant thymidine kinase (TK) and deoxynu...
10 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Profile of activity of enzymes involved in pyrimidine intercon...Table 10.2 Properties of a native and recombinant cytidine deaminases, na...Table 10.3 Plant materials used for overallin situ14C-pyrimidine tracer e...Table 10.4 Metabolic fate of [2-14C]pyrimidine bases and ribonucleosides ...Table 10.5 Metabolic
