SUNDAY, AUGUST 18
Whole leaf photosynthesis and partitioning
- Introductory remarks - Steve Huber
- Barry Osmond - Discussion leader
- Carbohydrate partitioning in leaves of C-4 plants - Robert Furbank
- Carbohydrate metabolism in transgenic plants: Attempts to identify and circumvent bottlenecks limiting productivity.- Uwe Sonnewald
MONDAY, AUGUST 19
Carboxylating Enzymes - Structure and Function
- John Andrews - Discussion Leader
- Genetic dissection of Rubisco small-subunit function - Robert Spreitzer
- Rubisco active site - Steve Gutteridge
- Functional analysis of PEP-carboxylase by site-directed mutagenesis and participation of CDPK in the regulatory phosphorylation of the maize enzyme. - Katsura Izui
Cellular Metabolism and Transport
- Ingo Flügge - Discussion Leader
- Role of the chloroplast glucose translocator in starch mobilization. - Jerry Servaites
- Adaptory mechanisms of potato plants to manipulations of the activities of key enzymes of the sucrose and amino acid metabolism. - Dieter Heineke
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1996
C/N interactions: gene expression
- Christine Foyer - Discussion Leader
- Posttranscriptional control of the expression of nitrate and nitrite reductase in Nicotiana. - Christian Meyer (Caboche lab)
- Photosynthetic carbon partitioning to N-assimilation: the role of glucose-6-P dehydrogenase - Heather Huppe (Turpin lab)
- Metabolic regulation of nitrogen assimilatory genes in Arabidopsis. - Hon-Ming Lam (Coruzzi lab)
C/N Interactions: Reversible Protein Phosphorylation
- Carol MacKintosh - Discussion Leader
- Regulatory phosphorylation of plant PEP carboxylase - From CO2-fixing leaves to N2-fixing root-nodules. - Raymond Chollet
- Effect of N-source on organic acid metabolism - Werner Kaiser
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
Carbohydrate regulation of gene expression
- Mark Stitt - Discussion Leader
- Sugar sensing and signaling in higher plants - Jen Sheen
- Regulation of gene expression by sugars and phosphate - John Mullet
- Arabidopsis mutants in carbon metabolite sensing - Sjef Smeekens
Electron Transport in Relation to Metabolism
- Ulrich Heber - Discussion Leader
- Environmentally-induced alterations in the allocation of photosynthetic electron equivalents to CO2 assimilation in C4 plants. - Neil Baker
- Molecular genetic manipulation of cytochrome b6/f complex and ATP synthase levels in transgenic tobacco. - Murray Badger
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
Manipulation of Allocation (synthesis/transport/utilization)
- Bill Lucas - Discussion leader
- Structure-function of starch biosynthetic enzymes, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and branching enzyme - Jack Preiss
- Expression and function of protein families involved in C- and N-metabolism - Wolf Frommer
- Manipulation of carbohydrate biosynthesis in transgenic tubers - Dave Stark
Banquet speaker
- Transgenic plants and metabolism: where are we going from here? - Lothar Willmitzer
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