Adenine Nucleotides in Cellular Energy Transfer and Signal Transduction

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Molecular Biology and Assembly of Yeast Mitochondrial ATP Synthase....Pages 1-12
The Mitochondrial H + -ATP Synthase: Polypeptide Subunits, Proton Translocating and Coupling Function....Pages 13-32
Studies on the Structure of the Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Complex and the Mechanism of ATP Synthesis....Pages 33-46
Number, Localisation and Function of the Non-Catalytic Adenine Nucleotide Binding Sites of Mitochondrial F 1 -ATPase....Pages 47-58
Fluoroaluminum and Fluoroberyllium Complexes as Probes of the Catalytic Sites of Mitochondrial F1-ATPase....Pages 59-70
Regulation of ATP Synthesis in Rat Heart Cells....Pages 71-82
Uncoupling Action of Fatty Acids on Heart Muscle Mitochondria and Submitochondrial Particles is Mediated by the ATP/ADP Antiporter....Pages 83-96
Mitochondrial Function and Biogenesis in Cultured Mammalian Cells without Functional Respiratory Chains....Pages 97-105
Regulation by Adenine Nucleotides, Cyclic Nucleotides and Protein Synthesis of the Maturation of Rat Liver Mitochondrial Functions....Pages 107-118
Inhibition of the Mitochondrial ATPase by Polyborate Anions Designed for Neutron Capture Therapy....Pages 119-124
 31 P MR Spectroscopic Studies of Metabolic Lesions in the Liver....Pages 125-136
Mitochondrial Mutations and the Ageing Process....Pages 137-149
Structural and Functional Alterations of Mitochondrial F o F 1 -ATPsynthase in Various Pathophysiological States....Pages 151-160
Long Range Intramolecular Linked Functions in the Ca 2+ Transport ATPase of Intracellular Membranes....Pages 161-170
Synthesis and Characterisation of Radiolabeled Azido-Derivatives of P 1 , P 5 -Di(Adenosine-5′)Pentaphosphate for Mapping Studies of Adenylate Kinase....Pages 171-180
Protein Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Sugar Transport in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria....Pages 181-190
Signal Transduction of the Phosphate Regulon in Escherichia Coli Mediated by Phosphorylation....Pages 191-200
The Protein Kinase C Family in Signal Transduction and Cellular Regulation....Pages 201-205
Structure-Function Studies on the Protein Kinase C Family Members....Pages 207-217
Mechanism of Protein Kinase C-Mediated Signal Transduction....Pages 219-230
Structural Studies on the Protein Kinase C Gene Family....Pages 231-241
α-Tocopherol Inhibits Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Protects Against Arteriosclerosis....Pages 243-255
Protein Kinase C and G Proteins....Pages 257-268
Casein Kinases: An Atypical Class of Ubiquitous and Pleiotropic Protein Kinases....Pages 269-280
Spectrophotometric Assay of Protein Kinases....Pages 281-288
KGF Receptor: Transforming Potential on Fibroblasts and Epithelial Cell-Specific Expression by Alternative Splicing....Pages 289-300
The Receptor for the Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Scatter Factor: Ligand-Dependent and Phosphorylation-Dependent Regulation of Kinase Activity....Pages 301-310
The Kit Receptor for the Stem Cell Factor: Genetic Lessons in Signal Transduction....Pages 311-324
Liver Adenylyl Cyclases: Structure and Regulation by cAMP-Dependent Phosphorylation....Pages 325-334
Structural and Functional Organization of the Catalytic Domain of a Bacterial Toxin: bordetella Pertussis Adenylate Cyclase....Pages 335-344
Signal Transduction as Studied in Living Cells by 31 p-NMR: Adenylate Cyclase Activation and a Novel Phosphoethanolamine Synthesizing Pathway are Stimulated by MSH in Melanoma Cells....Pages 345-355
Adenylate Cyclase-Haemolysin Toxin of bordetella Pertussis : Regulation of Expression and Activity....Pages 357-364
Are Purine Nucleoside Triphosphate Cyclases an Example of Convergent Evolution?....Pages 365-377
Sensory Transduction in dictyostelium ....Pages 379-386
Structure and Function of P-Glycoproteins....Pages 387-397
Function and Regulation of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator....Pages 399-413
The 70-kDa Peroxisomal Membrane Protein....Pages 415-422
Latency of Peroxisomal Enzymes in Digitonin-Permeabilized Cells: The Effect of ATP on Peroxisome Permeability....Pages 423-435
Dual Action of Fluorescein Derivatives on K ATP Channels....Pages 437-446
Control of Synthesis of Uncoupling Protein and ATPase in Animal and Human Brown Adipose Tissue....Pages 447-458
Detection of the Uncoupling Protein (A Nucleotide-Modulated H+- Translocator) and its mRNA in Human Diseases....Pages 459-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-476