一、課程簡介:

「植物醣類代謝與基因調控」為一學分課程，每週授課時數為二小時，於八週內完成課程講授。課程針對植物中特有的主要醣類，包括sucrose, sugar alcohols, trehalose, galactosyl sucrose oligosaccharides, fructans, starch 及cell wall polysaccharides，分別就結構、功能、代謝路徑與調控機制，以及在食品、醫藥、工業等方面之應用進行介紹。此外，醣類本身如何調控基因表現以及影響碳源的分佈，也是課程的重點之一。
時間：每週二上午 10:20 ~ 12:10
地點：農化二館 B01 教室
預定課程進度：

2/22 Overview of plant carbohydrate metabolism
3/1 Sucrose metabolism in source leaves, sucrose transport
3/8 Sucrose metabolism in sink tissues; Sugar alcohols: structure, function, metabolism and application
3/15 Galactosyl sucrose oligosaccharides, fructans and trehalose: structure, function, metabolism and application
3/22 Starch: structure, metabolism and regulation
3/29 Polysaccharides in cell wall: structure, function, metabolism and application
4/12 Polysaccharides in cell wall: structure, function, metabolism and application
4/19 Sugar-mediated regulation of gene expression, signaling and carbon partition
4/26 Final exam


二、先修課程: 1. 普通生物學或植物學； 2. 生物化學

三、參考書目:
主要參考書籍：（已列為總圖指定參考書籍）
1.Buchanan, B.B., Gruissem, W. and Jones, R. L. (2000) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants. American Society of Plant Biologists, Maryland, USA.
2.Lea, P. J. and Leegood, R. C. (1999) Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
3.Dey, P. M. and Harborne, J. B. (1997) Plant Biochemistry. Academic Press, London, UK.

主要參考期刊：
1. Trends in Plant Science
2. Current Opinion in Plant Biology
3. Annual Review of Plant Biology (Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology)
4. Plant Physiology
5. Journal of Experimental Botany
6. The Plant Cell