Adenine Nucleotides in Cellular Energy Transfer and Signal Transduction: UNESCO (Molecular and Cell Biology Updates)

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