Professor J.S. Grant Reid

Professor Emeritus in Plant Biochemistry

PhD - Aberdeen University (1969)
BSc - Aberdeen University (1964)

Biological & Environmental Sciences

School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling
Scotland, FK9 4LA

tel: +44 1786 467762
fax: +44 1786 467843
email: Grant Reid

Research Interests

Molecular mechanisms of biosynthesis and turnover of the complex polysaccharides of the plant cell wall matrix.
Enzymatic modification of natural seed gums.

Keywords: galactomannan, hemicellulose, pectin, xyloglucan.

Recent Publications

Reid, J.S.G. (1997). Carbohydrate metabolism: structural carbohydrates. In Plant Biochemistry. pp 205-236. Dey, P. M. and Harborne, J. B. [Eds]. Academic Press. London.

Fanutti, C., Gidley, M.J. and Reid, J.S.G. (1996). Substrate subsite recognition of the xyloglucan endotransglycosylase or xyloglucan specific endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase from the cotyledons of germinated nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seeds. Planta: 200, 221-228.

Wang, Q, Ellis, P.R., Rossmurphy, S.B. and Reid, J.S.G. (1996). A new polysaccharide from a traditional Nigerian plant food - Detarium senegalense Gmelin. Carbohydrate Research: 284, No.2, pp.229-239.

Whitney, S.E.C., Brigham, J.E., Darke, A.H., Reid, J.S.G. and Gidley, M.J. (1995). In vitro assembly of cellulose / xyloglucan networks - Ultrastructural and molecular aspects. Plant Journal: 8, 491-504.

Reid, J.S.G., Edwards, M., Gidley, M.J. and Clark, A.H. (1995). Enzyme specificity in galactomannan biosynthesis. Planta: 195, 489-495.

Becker, M., Vincent, C. and Reid, J.S.G. (1995). Biosynthesis of (1,3)(1,4)-beta-glucan and (1,3)-beta glucan in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) - Properties of the memrane bound glucan synthases. Planta: 195, 331-338.

Buckeridge, M.S. and Reid, J.S.G. (1994). Purification and properties of a novel beta-galactosidase or exo-(1,4)-beta-D-galactanase from the cotyledons of germinated Lupinus angustifolius (L.) seeds. Planta:192, 502-511.