Biosynthesis of Vitamins in Plants Part A

Fabrice Rébeillé is a research director at the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble, France, in the laboratory of Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Grenoble in 1978 and completed a PhD in 1983. He was recruited by the CEA in 1983. In 1984-1985 he joined as a post-doc fellow the Marshall D. Hatch laboratory at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. From 1995 to 2000, he was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Grenoble. His domains of expertise are about plant cell metabolism, including respiration, photosynthesis and photorespiration, biosynthesis of vitamins and more recently lipid metabolism.

• Preface Vitamins: a plant affairCarotenoids AbbreviationsI. Biological FunctionII. DistributionIII. Carotenoid BiosynthesisIV. Regulation of Carotenoid BiosynthesisV. NutritionVI. ConclusionsAcknowledgementsVitamin B1 (Thiamine) I. IntroductionII. Thiamine BiosynthesisIII. TDP-dependent Enzymes in PlantsIV. Thiamine Transport, Distribution and Storage in Plant TissuesV. Role of Thiamine in the Sensing, Response and Adaptation to Plant StressVI. Practical Aspects and Future PerspectivesAcknowledgementsBiosynthesis of Vitamin B2 and Flavocoenzymes in Plants I. IntroductionII. A Single Plant Enzyme, RibAB Generates Both Committed Precursors for the Riboflavin PathwayIII. Deaminase/ReductaseIV. Lumazine SynthaseV. Riboflavin SynthaseVI. Riboflavin Kinase and FAD SynthetaseVII. Cellular Topology of Flavocoenzyme Biosynthesis in PlantsVIII. Regulation of Riboflavin BiosynthesisIX. Excretion and Enhanced Formation of Riboflavin by Iron-Deficient RootsX. Evolution of Flavocoenzyme Biosynthesis Enzymes in PlantsXI. Riboflavin Biosynthetic Enzymes as Potential Herbicide TargetsXII. Riboflavin and Plant ResistanceXIII. Biosynthesis of 5-deaza-7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-riboflavin in AlgaeXIV. ConclusionsBiosynthesis of NAD and Its Manipulation in Plants☆ I. IntroductionII. NAD in Human Nutrition and HealthIII. NAD in Plant BiologyIV. Compartmentation and Transport of NAD in PlantsV. Plant Pathways of NAD Synthesis and RecyclingVI. Manipulating NAD Contents in PlantsVII. Conclusions and PerspectivesAcknowledgementsPantothenate Biosynthesis in Higher Plants I. Biological Function and RequirementsII. Distribution in PlantsIII. Biosynthetic Pathway and Location of the PathwayIV. Regulation, Turnover, and MetabolismV. Major Differences to Eubacteria and Other Prototrophic OrganismsVI. Engineering the PathwayVII. Conclusion