Biological Functions of Proteinases: 30. Colloquium, 26.-28. April 1979 (Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie in Mosbach Baden, 30)

Front Matter....Pages I-IX Conformational Flexibility and Its Functional Significance in Some Protein Molecules....Pages 1-16 Intracellular Protein Turnover....Pages 17-34 Studies of the Pathway for Protein Degradation in Escherichia coli and Mammalian Cells....Pages 35-48 Lysosomes and Intracellular Proteolysis....Pages 49-54 Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Intracellular Proteolysis in Yeast....Pages 55-72 Endogenous Inhibitors of Tissue Proteinases....Pages 73-86 Activity of a Rat Uterus Proteinase Inhibitor During Pregnancy and Involution Its Possible Importance in Control of Proteolysis in the Myometrium....Pages 87-93 Alkaline Proteinases in Skeletal Muscle....Pages 94-101 Determinants in Protein Topology....Pages 102-108 Import of Proteins into Mitochondria....Pages 109-119 Localization and Some Properties of a Proteinase and a Carboxypeptidase from Rat Liver....Pages 120-127 Processing of Bacteriophage Proteins....Pages 128-138 Proteolysis, a Determinant for Virus Pathogenicity....Pages 139-149 The Processing of Plasma Proteins in the Liver....Pages 150-164 Protease Action in Carcinogenesis....Pages 165-170 Plasminogen Activator from Cultured Cells and from Blood Plasma....Pages 171-185 Role of Proteinases from Leukocytes in Inflammation....Pages 186-195 Role of Granulocyte Elastase in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Effect on Mechanical Behaviour of Cartilage and Identification at the Cartilage/Pannus Junction....Pages 196-206 Regulation of Proteinase Acitvity....Pages 207-222 The Complement System....Pages 223-232 Substrate Modulation as a Control Mechanism of Plasma Multienzyme Systems....Pages 233-237 Blood Coagulation....Pages 238-242 The Kallikrein-Kinin System: A Functional Role of Plasma Kallikrein and Kininogen in Blood Coagulation....Pages 243-259 Hydrolysis of Peptide Bonds and Control of Blood Pressure....Pages 260-268 Characterization of the Active Site of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme....Pages 269-275 Proteolysis and Fertilization....Pages 276-277 Back Matter....Pages 279-286