Steroids and Isoprenoids, Part A

Content: 
Contributors to volume 110
Pages ix-xi

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
John H. Law, Hans C. Rilling

Volume in series
Pages xv,xvii-xxv

[1] Rat liver acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase Original Research Article
Pages 3-9
James D. Bergstrom, John Edmond

[2] Use of oxygenated sterols to probe the regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase and sterologenesis Original Research Article
Pages 9-19
Frederick R. Taylor, Andrew A. Kandutsch

[3] 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase from chicken liver Original Research Article
Pages 19-26
Henry M. Miziorko

[4] 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductases from pea seedlings Original Research Article
Pages 26-40
David Warwick Russell

[5] 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in the latex of Hevea brasiliensis Original Research Article
Pages 40-51
Abdullah Sipat

[6] Insect 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase Original Research Article
Pages 51-58
Daniel J. Monger

[7] Radioenzymatic assay of plasma mevalonate Original Research Article
Pages 58-71
Thomas S. Parker, Ron R. Kopito, Henri Brunengraber

[8] Mevalonate kinase Original Research Article
Pages 71-78
John W. Porter

[9] Phosphomevalonate kinase from pig liver Original Research Article
Pages 78-85
Jaime Eyzaguirre, Sergio Bazaes

[10] Mevalonate 5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase from chicken liver Original Research Article
Pages 86-92
Emilio Cardemil, Ana MarГ­a Jabalquinto

[11] Isopentenyldiphosphate О”-isomerase Original Research Article
Pages 92-99
Dennis M. Satterwhite

[12] Shunt pathway of mevalonate metabolism Original Research Article
Pages 100-114
Bernard R. Landau, Henri Brunengraber

[13] Photolabile analogs of the allylic pyrophosphate substrate of prenyltransferases Original Research Article
Pages 117-124
Charles M. Allen, Tsuneo Baba

[14] Photoaffinity substrate analogs for eukaryotic prenyltransferase Original Research Article
Pages 125-130
Hans C. Rilling

[15] Synthesis of allylic and homoallylic isoprenoid pyrophosphates Original Research Article
Pages 130-144
V. Jo Davisson, A.B. Woodside, C. Dale Poulter

[16] Eukaryotic prenyltransferases Original Research Article
Pages 145-152
Hans C. Rilling

[17] Enzymatic hydrolysis of polyprenyl pyrophosphates Original Research Article
Pages 153-155
Tanetoshi Koyama, Hiroshi Fujii, Kyozo Ogura

[18] Prenyltransferase from human liver Original Research Article
Pages 155-167
Graham F. Barnard

[19] Prenyltransferases of pumpkin fruit Original Research Article
Pages 167-171
Kyozo Ogura, Tokuzo Nishino, Toshihiro Shinka, Shuichi Seto

[20] Purification of farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase by affinity chromatography Original Research Article
Pages 171-184
Desiree L. Bartlett, Chi-Hsin Richard King, C. Dale Poulter

[21] Geranylgeranylpyrophosphate synthetase of pig liver Original Research Article
Pages 184-188
Hiroshi Sagami, Koichi Ishii, Kyozo Ogura

[22] Geranylpyrophosphate synthetase-geranylgeranylpyrophosphate synthetase from Micrococcus luteus Original Research Article
Pages 188-192
Hiroshi Sagami, Kyozo Ogura

[23] Hexaprenylpyrophosphate synthetase of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 Original Research Article
Pages 192-198
Hiroshi Fujii, Tanetoshi Koyama, Kyozo Ogura

[24] Heptaprenylpyrophosphate synthetase from Bacillus subtilis Original Research Article
Pages 199-205
Ikuko Sagami, Hiroshi Fujii, Tanetoshi Koyama, Kyozo Ogura

[25] Nonaprenylpyrophosphate synthetase from Micrococcus luteus Original Research Article
Pages 206-209
Hiroshi Sagami, Kyozo Ogura

[26] Enzymatic synthesis of phytoene Original Research Article
Pages 209-220
Benjamin L. Jones, John W. Porter

[27] Carotene mutants of Phycomyces Original Research Article
Pages 220-243
Enrique CerdГЎ-Olmedo

[28] Carotene synthesis in Capsicum chromoplasts Original Research Article
Pages 244-253
Bilal Camara

[29] Carotenoid synthesis in Neurospora crassa Original Research Article
Pages 253-267
Werner Rau, Ursula Mitzka-Schnabel

[30] Carotene synthesis in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts and daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.) chromoplasts Original Research Article
Pages 267-273
Hans Kleinig, Peter Beyer

[31] Prenylation of chlorophyllide a in Capsicum plastids Original Research Article
Pages 274-281
Bilal Camara

[32] Purification and characterization of undecaprenylpyrophosphate synthetase Original Research Article
Pages 281-299
Charles M. Allen

[33] In Vitro synthesis of C15–C60 polyprenols in a cell-free system of Myxococcus fulvus and determination of chain length by high-performance liquid chromatography Original Research Article
Pages 299-303
Peter Beyer, Hans Kleinig

[34] Xanthophyll cycles Original Research Article
Pages 303-312
Harry Y. Yamamoto

[35] Biosynthesis of plastoquinone Original Research Article
Pages 313-319
J.F. Pennock

[36] Aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase Original Research Article
Pages 320-326
Ikuko Sagami, Nobutoshi Ojima, Kyozo Ogura, Shuichi Seto

[37] 4-Hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase from rat liver Original Research Article
Pages 327-334
Arun Gupta, Harry Rudney

[38] Dimethylallylpyrophosphate: l-tryptophan dimethylallyltransferase Original Research Article
Pages 335-340
Hans C. Rilling

[39] Assay and partial purification of the cytokinin biosynthetic enzyme dimethylallylpyrophosphate: 5′-AMP transferase Original Research Article
Pages 340-347
N.G. Hommes, D.E. Akiyoshi, R.O. Morris

[40] Isolation of cytokinins by immunoaffinity chromatography and analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography radioimmunoassay Original Research Article
Pages 347-358
E.M.S. MacDonald, R.O. Morris

[41] Squalene synthetase Original Research Article
Pages 359-373
William S. Agnew

[42] Formation of 12-cis-dehydrosqualene catalyzed by squalene synthetase Original Research Article
Pages 373-375
Tokuzo Nishino, Hirohiko Katsuki

[43] Squalene epoxidase from rat liver microsomes Original Research Article
Pages 375-380
Teruo Ono, Yoh Imai

[44] Monoterpene and sesquiterpene cyclases Original Research Article
Pages 383-405
Rodney Croteau, David E. Cane

[45] Carbocyclases from Citrus limonum Original Research Article
Pages 406-417
Osvaldo Cori, MarГ­a Cecilia Rojas

[46] Isolation and identification of diterpenes from termite soldiers Original Research Article
Pages 417-425
Glenn D. Prestwich

Author index
Pages 427-441

Subject index
Pages 443-460