The mycota : a comprehensive treatise on fungi as experimental systems for basic and applied research. 3, Biochemistry and molecular biology

Since publication of the first edition of Volume III in 1996, a number of areas in fungal biochemistry and molecular biology have both expanded and rapidly advanced, especially those areas that incorporate the new resource of genomics. In light of these developments, all the chapters of this new edition have been fully revised and completely updated. Still further, the text now contains eleven new chapters, which cover either new topics or have been written by new contributing authors. The second edition of Volume III includes: Biochemistry and molecular genetics; regulation of gene expression; organelle biogenesis; response factors influencing metabolism; molecular biology of carbohydrates and lignin; molecular aspects of biochemical pathways. Front Matter....Pages I-XXII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Molecular Genetics of Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Fungi....Pages 3-31 Import of Proteins into Mitochondria....Pages 33-51 Gene Ontology for Filamentous Fungi....Pages 53-60 Peroxisomes....Pages 61-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 GATA-Factor-Mediated Transcription and Tor1/2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from a Physiological Perspective....Pages 81-109 Multiple Fungal GATA Transcription Factors and Combinatorial Gene Regulation....Pages 111-119 Regulation of Gene Expression by Ambient pH....Pages 121-128 Regulation of Mitochondrial Gene Expression....Pages 129-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Heat Shock Proteins and the Stress Response....Pages 143-173 Signal Transduction Pathways Mediated by Heterotrimeric G Proteins....Pages 175-207 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms....Pages 209-229 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 Polysaccharidases....Pages 233-247 Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Lignin Degradation....Pages 249-273 Chitin Biosynthesis and Morphogenetic Processes....Pages 275-290 Trehalose Metabolism: Enzymatic Pathways and Physiological Functions....Pages 291-332 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Polyamines in Fungi....Pages 335-347 Nitrogen Regulation in Mycelial Fungi....Pages 349-368 Regulation of Sulfur Metabolism in Mycelial Fungi....Pages 369-383 The Regulation of Carbon Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi....Pages 385-401 The Onset of Carbon Catabolic Repression and Interplay Between Specific Induction and Carbon Catabolite Repression in Aspergillus nidulans ....Pages 403-420 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Regulation of the amdS Gene in Aspergillus nidulans ....Pages 421-435 Back Matter....Pages 437-447 Biochemistry and molecular biology are among the most rapidly emerging areas in the life sciences. Indeed, a number of important advances have been made with fungi and yeasts since the first edition of this volume was published in 1996. Still further, the influence that genomics projects have had on the design and interpretation of experiments in almost all areas is truly impressive. The availability of large amounts of sequence data has quickly altered the scope and dimensions of genetics and biochemistry, leading to new insights into fungal biology. Earlier chapters on mitochondrial import of proteins, pH and regulation of gene expression, stress responses, signal transduction, polysaccharidases, trehalose metabolisms, polyamines, carbon metabolism, and acetamide metabolism have been extensively revised or rewritten. Completely new chapters have been prepared on gene ontogeny, peroxisomes, mitochondrial gene expression, chitin biosynthesis, iron metabolism, GATA transcription factors, carbon metabolism, and sulfur metabolism.