Ciba Foundation symposium on porphyrin biosynthesis and metabolism

Content: Chapter 1 Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–3): C. Rimington Chapter 2 The Succinate?Glycine Cycle; The Role of ??Aminolevulinic Acid in Porphyrin Synthesis (pages 4–26): David Shemin Chapter 3 Some Properties of ??Aminolaevulic Acid Dehydrase (pages 27–42): K. D. Gibson Chapter 4 The Metabolism of ??Aminolaevulic Acid (pages 43–62): J. J. Scott Chapter 5 Haem and Porphyrin Formation from Porphobilinogen Glycine, ??Aminolaevulic Acid and Porphobilinogen (pages 63–71): J. E. Falk Chapter 6 The Role of Some Porphyrins and Porphyrin Precursors in the Biosynthesis of Haem (pages 72–85): Elisabeth I. B. Dresel Chapter 7 On the Synthes is and Metabolism of C14?Labelled Hematoporphyrin (pages 86–95): Kurt I. Altman, A. K. Bruce and K. Salomon Chapter 8 Independent Biosynthesis of Different Haemin Chromoproteins, with Special Reference to Cytochrome C; the Role of Tissue Organs (pages 96–127): David L. Drabkin Chapter 9 Experimental Studies of Porphyrin Metabolism in Cytochrome C Synthesis (pages 128–142): A. Vannotti Chapter 10 Porphyrin and Chlorophyll Biosynthesis in Chlorella (pages 143–155): S. Granick Chapter 11 Heterogeneous Metabolism of Haemoglobins (pages 156–173): G. Schapira, J?C. Dreyfus and J. Kruh Chapter 12 Cellular Formation of Intermediates During Haemoglobin Synthesis (pages 174–184): Bo Thorell Chapter 13 Relation of Free Erythrocyte Porphyrins to Haemoglobin Biosynthesis (pages 185–195): Leif Eriksen Chapter 14 Studies of Some Liver Heme Proteins and Porphyrins in Experimental Sedormid Porphyria (pages 196–208): Rudi Schmid and Samuel Sciiwartz Chapter 15 Studies of Porphyrin Synthesis and Interconversion, with Special Reference to Certain Green Porphyrins in Animals with Experimental Hepatic Porphyria (pages 209–228): Samuel Schwartz and Kojun Ikeda Chapter 16 Metabolism of Porphobilinogen and of Porphyrins in the Rabbit (pages 229–245): Alfred Gajdos and Marianne Gajdos?Torok Chapter 17 Precursors of Porphyrin and Porphobilinogen (pages 246–253): P. Formijne and Nine J. Poulie Chapter 18 Studies on the Mechanism of Porphyrin Biosynthesis with the Aid of Inhibitors (pages 254–264): W. Stich and P. Decker Chapter 19 The Formation of Porphyrins by Photosynthetic Bacteria (pages 265–284): June Lascelles Chapter 20 The Synthesis of the Uroporphyrins II and IV (pages 285–302): S. F. MacDonald and Karl?Heinz Michl The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.