PQQ and Quinoproteins: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins, Delft, The Netherlands, 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Quinoproteins in C 1 -Dissimilation by Bacteria....Pages 1-11
Methanol Dehydrogenase: Mechanism of Action....Pages 13-22
Quinoprotein Ethanol Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas ....Pages 23-33
PQQ-Dependent Methanol Dehydrogenase from Clostridium Thermoautotrophicum....Pages 35-39
New PQQ-Enzyme: Aromatic Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Rhodopseudomonas Acidophila M402....Pages 40-42
Structural Studies on the PQQ-Like Cofactor of Nitroalkane Oxidase from Fusarium Oxysporum ....Pages 43-45
Regulation of Methanol Dehydrogenase Synthesis in Paracoccus Denitrificans ....Pages 46-49
Methanol Dehydrogenase from Nocardia SP. 239....Pages 50-53
Properties of Dye-Linked Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase from Hyphomicrobium ZV 580 Grown on Methylamine....Pages 54-56
Physiological Significance and Bioenergetic Aspects of Glucose Dehydrogenase....Pages 57-67
Quinoprotein D-glucose dehydrogenases in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus LMD 79.41: Purification and characterization of the membrane-bound enzyme distinct from the soluble enzyme....Pages 69-78
Cloning of the Genes Encoding the Two Different Glucose Dehydrogenases from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus ....Pages 79-85
Investigations on the Active Site of Glucose Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas fluorescens ....Pages 87-95
Production of Gluconic and Galactonic Acids from Whey....Pages 97-99
Mode of Binding of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone to Glucose Dehydrogenase from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus ....Pages 100-102
Glucose Dehydrogenase from Zymomonas Mobilis : Evidence for a Quinoprotein....Pages 103-105
Haem-Containing Protein Complexes of Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus as Secondary Electron Acceptors for Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase....Pages 106-109
Identification and Quantification of PQQ....Pages 111-122
Gas Chromatography of PQQ....Pages 123-129
Direct and Amplified Redox-Cycling Measurements of PQQ in Quinofroteins and Biological Fluids: PQQ-Peptides in Pronase Digests of DBH and DAO....Pages 131-143
Binding of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone to Serum Albumin....Pages 145-147
Growth Stimulating Effect of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone for Microorganisms....Pages 149-157
Nutritional Essentiality of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone....Pages 159-161
Effects of Exogenous PQQ on Mortality Rate and Some Biochemical Parameters During Endotoxin Shock in Rats....Pages 162-164
Theoretical Evaluation of large scale Production of PQQ via Fermentation....Pages 165-168
Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of PQQ from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus ....Pages 169-175
PQQ: Biosynthetic Studies in Methylobacterium AM1 and Hyphomicrobium X Using Specific 13 C Labeling and NMR....Pages 177-185
The Role of PQQ in K.aerogenes and Cloning of pqq Genes....Pages 187-189
Mutants of Methylobacterium organophilum Unable to Synthesize PQQ....Pages 190-194
The Chemistry and Biomimetics of PQQ....Pages 195-204
Structural Properties of PQQ Involved in the Activity of Qiunohaemoprotein Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas Testosteroni ....Pages 205-216
Factors Relevant in the Reaction of PQQ with Amino Acids....Pages 217-226
Inhibition of Collagen Hydroxylases by PQQ Reveals Its Domain Structure....Pages 227-232
Reaction of 2, 7, 9-Tricarboxy-PQQ with Nucleophiles....Pages 233-235
Reaction of PQQ and Its Analogues with NADH; Application to the HLADH-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols....Pages 236-238
Chemical Behavior of Coenzyme PQQ toward Amine Homologs....Pages 239-241
The Three-Dimensional Stucture of PQQ and Related Compounds....Pages 243-251
Copper(II) Complexes Containing Reduced PQQ as a Model for the active Site of Copper-Requiring Amine Oxidase....Pages 253-255
 13 C and 1 H NMR Studies of PQQ and Selected Derivatives....Pages 256-258
Mechanism of the Methylamine Dehydrogenase Reductive Half Reaction....Pages 259-268
Electron Transport from Methylamine to Oxygen in the Gram-Negative Bacterium Thiobacillus Versutus ....Pages 269-278
Copper-Containing Amine Oxidases....Pages 279-282
Active Site Structures of Copper-Containing Oxidases....Pages 283-288
On the Role of Copper in PQQ Amine Oxidases....Pages 289-295
Mechanistic Probes of Copper Amine Oxidases....Pages 297-305
Copper-PQQ Interactions in Amine Oxidases....Pages 307-316
Enzymology of Lysyl Oxidase....Pages 317-326
Lysyl Oxidase from the Yeast Pichia Pastoris ....Pages 327-333
Chick Embryo Lysyl Oxidase: Evidence for a Pyridoxal Derivative as an Essential Cofactor....Pages 335-344
Bovine Serum Amine Oxidase: Benzylhydrazine Reaction....Pages 345-347
Primary Structure of a PQQ Containing Peptide from Porcine Kidney Diamine Oxidase....Pages 348-350
PQQ and Quinoproteins: An Important Novel Field in Enzymology....Pages 351-360
Back Matter....Pages 361-370