Sulfur Metabolism in Plants, 2012
Mechanisms and Applications to Food Security and Responses to Climate Change
Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop Series, Vol. 1

This proceedings volume contains the invited and a selection of the contributed papers of the 8th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants, which was held at Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia from November 22-27, 2010. Content of the volume shows that the understanding of sulfur metabolism in plants and the interaction of the environment are rapidly progressing.

This volume covers various aspects of the regulation of sulfate uptake and assimilation in plants, from a cellular to a whole plant level, and additionally emphasizes interactions with other minerals. Moreover the significance of sulfur metabolism in biotic and abiotic stress responses, in food security and quality, and in relation to interactions with global change factors is discussed in detail.

Preface.- Foreword.- Part: Sulfur Metabolism – Mechanisms. Sulfate uptake and assimilation – whole plant regulation; Malcolm J. Hawkesford.- Molecular and cellular regulation of sulfate transport and assimilation; Naoko Yoshimoto, Kazuki Saito.- Manipulating the sulfur composition of seeds; Linda Tabe et al.- Regulation of expression of sulfate transporters and APS reductase in leaf tissue of Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis); Luit J. De Kok et al.-Response of amino acid metabolism to sulfur starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 680; Hiroshi Kiyota, Masami Yokota Hirai, Masahiko Ikeuchi.-Regulation of the uptake of sulfate by Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) at various sulfate concentrations in the root environment; Aleksandra Koralewska et al.-Characterization of adenosine 5'- phosphosulfate kinase (APSK) genes from higher plants; Susanna C.-S. Leung et al.-Subcellular compartmentation of cysteine synthesis in plants – one step more; Malgorzata Lewandowska et al.-Preliminary characteristics of a tobacco gene down-regulated by sulfur deprivation and encoding a Cys-rich protein; Malgorzata Lewandowska et al.-Sulfate uptake and cysteine and GSH contents are increased by 5-aminolevulinic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana; Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita.- Partitioning of sulfur between primary and secondary metabolism; Sarah G. Mugford et al.- Interaction between atmospheric and pedospheric sulfur nutrition in Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Freek S. Posthumus et al.-Comparative analysis of amino acids from Arabidopsis wild type and mutant sir1-1 leaves by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); Arman Allboje Samami et al.-Homomeric interaction of the STAS domain in Sultr1;2; Nakako Shibagaki, Arthur R. Grossman.- Simultaneous determination of sulfur metabolites in plant tissue by LC-ESI-MS/MS; Mei-Hwei Tseng et al.- Part: Sulfur Metabolism - Mineral Interactions. Exploiting plant response to mineral ions to identify response specificity: overlapping transcriptome responses to sulfate, selenate and iron; Mutsumi Watanabe et al.- Regulation of iron-sulfur cluster formation in plastids; Karl Ravet et al.- Plant accumulation of sulfur’s sister element selenium - potential applications and ecological implications; Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits.- Identification and sequence analysis of sulfate/selenate transporters in selenium hyper- and non-accumulating Astragalus plant species; Emmanuelle Cabannes et al.-Expression of ferritins ZmFer1 and ZmFer2 genes in shoots and roots of S-deprived young maize plants; Styliani N. Chorianopoulou et al.- Molybdate affects sulfate acquisition in Brassica juncea plants; Mario Malagoli et al.-Impact of enhanced copper levels and sulfate deprivation on the uptake and metabolism of sulfate in Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis); Muhammad Shahbaz et al.- Part: Sulfur Metabolism - Food Security and Environmental Interactions. Sulfur nutrition and food security; Robert M. Norton.- Sulfur compounds in multiple compensation reactions of abiotic stress responses; Heinz Rennenberg, Cornelia Herschbach.- Cysteine synthesis in the chloroplast is not required for resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana to H₂S fumigation; Hannah Birke et al.-Is the eliciting effect of stress metabolites on pathogenesis in winter wheat linked to the sulfur supply?; Elke Bloem et al.- Elevated CO₂ concentration affects wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain sulfur concentration and N/S ratio; Nimesha Fernando et al.-  Sulfate and nitrate assimilation in leaves of Quercus ilex and Quercus pubescens grown near natural CO₂ springs in central Italy; Cornelia Herschbach et al.- The gamma-glutamyl cycle in plants: Possible implications in apoplastic redox control and redox sensing; Antonio Masi.- Sulfate transport processes under drought stress: interaction with mycorrhization and elevated pCO₂ in young pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) trees; Stefan Seegmüller, Heinz Rennenberg.- The role of cyclophilin Cyp 20-3 in activation of chloroplast serine acetyltransferase under high light stress; Anna Speiser et al.-  Impact of lead and sulfur deprivation on soybean plants; Oksana Sytar et al.

Latest volume in a long and established series on sulfur metabolism in plants

A comprehensive compendium on the state of the art research in all aspects of plant sulfur metabolism

Setting the significance of sulfur as a plant nutrient in food security and responses to the environment

Critical reviews of some key areas of plant-nutrient interactions with the environment

Latest up to date, previously unpublished information on the significance of plant sulfur metabolism in food security and responses to climate change