Amino Acids and Serum Proteins (Advances in Chemistry 044)

Half Title......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Series Information......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Dedication......Page 11
Richard Joseph Block 1906  -  1962......Page 13
Scientific Papers and Chapters of Books......Page 16
BOOKS......Page 22
Physiological Meaning......Page 24
Anlage Hypothesis......Page 25
Biosynthesis of Serum Proteins......Page 27
Literature Cited......Page 38
2 Dominant Role of the Liver in Biosynthesis of the Plasma Proteins with Special Reference to the Plasma Mucoproteins (Seromucoid), Ceruloplasmin, and Fibrinogen......Page 40
Methods and Experimental......Page 41
Experimental Results......Page 43
Discussion......Page 57
Fibrinogen Biosynthesis......Page 59
Literature Cited......Page 61
3 Protein Biosynthesis Aminoacyl Transfer from sRNA to Ribosomes......Page 64
General Requirements for Aminoacyl Transfer......Page 65
Resolution of Two Transferring Activities......Page 67
Characteristics of Reaction......Page 70
Summary......Page 75
Literature Cited......Page 76
4 Refractive Indices of Amino Acids, Proteins, and Related Substances......Page 77
Refractive Index Determination......Page 78
Refractive Index of Protein from Amin o Acid Composition......Page 79
Specific Volume s and Refractive Indices of Proteins......Page 82
Refractive Indices of Peptides......Page 83
Comparison of Molar Refractions of Amino Acids with Their Uncharged Isomers......Page 84
Effect of Ionization on the Refractive Index and Molar Refraction of Amino Acids and Proteins......Page 85
Refractive Index of Proteins at Different Wavelengths......Page 86
Effect of Heat Denaturation on Refractive Index......Page 87
Literature Cited......Page 88
5 Conversion of Proline to Hydroxyproline in Collagen Synthesis......Page 90
Conclusions......Page 102
Literature Cited......Page 103
Procedure......Page 105
Radioactive Sulfur in Urine......Page 106
Literature Cited......Page 107
7 Methionine Sulfoxide and Other Combined Amino Acids in the German Cockroach......Page 108
Trichloroaceti c Aci d Extraction......Page 109
Enzymatic Hydrolysis......Page 110
System 2......Page 111
Peptide-Bound Methionine Sulfoxide......Page 112
Adsorption Data......Page 115
Literature Cited......Page 117
8 Amino Acid Transport in Bacteria Effect of Nutritional and Physiological Factors......Page 119
General Characteristic s of Amino Acid Transport in Lactobacillus Transport in Lactobacillus arabinosus......Page 120
Effect of Cell Wall Synthesis on Amino Acid Accumulation......Page 129
Stimulation of Accumulation in Other Vitamin-Deficient Cell Types......Page 132
Mechanism of Amino Acid Transport and Accumulation......Page 134
Summary......Page 138
Literature Cited......Page 139
Principle of Microbiological Assay......Page 141
Bacterial Cell Walls......Page 143
Bacterial Membrane......Page 145
Literature Cited......Page 150
10 Biosynthesis and Utilization of Acetyl Phosphate, Formyl Phosphate, and Carbamyl Phosphate and their Relations to the Urea Cycle......Page 151
Studies with Acyl Phosphatase......Page 152
Studies with Ornithine Transcarbamylase......Page 154
Studies with Aspartic Transcarbamylase......Page 155
Acetyl Glutamate-Induced Activation and Inactivation of Carbamyl-Pl Synthetase......Page 156
Effect of Acetyl Glutamate Concentration......Page 158
Cold Lability of Carbamyl- P Synthetase......Page 161
Determination of -S H Groups i n Frog Liver Carbamyl- P Synthetase......Page 162
Studies with Acetyl-P and Formyl-P......Page 165
Incorporation of HC14 0 3......Page 166
Mechanism of Carbamyl-P Synthetase......Page 167
Recent Work......Page 170
Literature Cited......Page 171
INDEX......Page 173