- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Editors and contributors
- Foreword
-
Chapter 1 Introduction: what is a carnivorous plant? -
Chapter 2 Biogeography and habitats of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 3 Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms -
Chapter 4 Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae -
Chapter 5 Systematics and evolution of Nepenthes -
Chapter 6 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: I. Pinguicula -
Chapter 7 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: II. Genlisea -
Chapter 8 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: III. Utricularia -
Chapter 9 Systematics and evolution of Sarraceniaceae -
Chapter 10 Systematics and evolution of small genera of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 11 Carnivorous plant genomes -
Chapter 12 Attraction of prey -
Chapter 13 Functional anatomy of carnivorous traps -
Chapter 14 Motile traps -
Chapter 15 Non-motile traps -
Chapter 16 Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption -
Chapter 17 Mineral nutrition of terrestrial carnivorous plants -
Chapter 18 Why are plants carnivorous? Cost/benefit analysis, whole-plant growth, and the context-specific advantages of botanical carnivory -
Chapter 19 Ecophysiology of aquatic carnivorous plants -
Chapter 20 Biotechnology with carnivorous plants -
Chapter 21 Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants -
Chapter 22 Reproductive biology and pollinator-prey conflicts -
Chapter 23 Commensals of Nepenthes pitchers -
Chapter 24 Pitcher-plant communities as model systems for addressing fundamental questions in ecology and evolution -
Chapter 25 The Utricularia-associated microbiome: composition, function, and ecology -
Chapter 26 Nutritional mutualisms of Nepenthes and Roridula -
Chapter 27 Conservation of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 28 Estimating the exposure of carnivorous plants to rapid climatic change -
Chapter 29 The future of research with carnivorous plants -
Appendix Species of carnivorous plants - References
- Acknowledgments
- Taxonomic Index
- Subject Index
Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
- Chapter:
- (p.207) Chapter 16 Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption
- Source:
- Carnivorous Plants
- Author(s):
Ildikó Matušíková
Andrej Pavlovič
Tanya Renner
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Digestion of captured prey and retrieval of nutrients by plants is a central feature of carnivorous plants. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the composition of digestive fluids and the general mechanisms of prey digestion in carnivorous plant genera. Genus-specific features and enzyme regulatory mechanisms are presented that might contribute to the success and efficiency of carnivory in the Caryophyllales. The available evidence for the hypothesis that proteins involved in prey decomposition evolved as a result of a functional shift from defense-related activities is presented.
Keywords: Chitinase, co-option, functional evolution, glucanase, hydrolysis, pathogenesis-related protein, phosphatase, protease, regulatory network, ribonuclease
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Editors and contributors
- Foreword
-
Chapter 1 Introduction: what is a carnivorous plant? -
Chapter 2 Biogeography and habitats of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 3 Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms -
Chapter 4 Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae -
Chapter 5 Systematics and evolution of Nepenthes -
Chapter 6 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: I. Pinguicula -
Chapter 7 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: II. Genlisea -
Chapter 8 Systematics and evolution of Lentibulariaceae: III. Utricularia -
Chapter 9 Systematics and evolution of Sarraceniaceae -
Chapter 10 Systematics and evolution of small genera of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 11 Carnivorous plant genomes -
Chapter 12 Attraction of prey -
Chapter 13 Functional anatomy of carnivorous traps -
Chapter 14 Motile traps -
Chapter 15 Non-motile traps -
Chapter 16 Biochemistry of prey digestion and nutrient absorption -
Chapter 17 Mineral nutrition of terrestrial carnivorous plants -
Chapter 18 Why are plants carnivorous? Cost/benefit analysis, whole-plant growth, and the context-specific advantages of botanical carnivory -
Chapter 19 Ecophysiology of aquatic carnivorous plants -
Chapter 20 Biotechnology with carnivorous plants -
Chapter 21 Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants -
Chapter 22 Reproductive biology and pollinator-prey conflicts -
Chapter 23 Commensals of Nepenthes pitchers -
Chapter 24 Pitcher-plant communities as model systems for addressing fundamental questions in ecology and evolution -
Chapter 25 The Utricularia-associated microbiome: composition, function, and ecology -
Chapter 26 Nutritional mutualisms of Nepenthes and Roridula -
Chapter 27 Conservation of carnivorous plants -
Chapter 28 Estimating the exposure of carnivorous plants to rapid climatic change -
Chapter 29 The future of research with carnivorous plants -
Appendix Species of carnivorous plants - References
- Acknowledgments
- Taxonomic Index
- Subject Index
