Academic Press. 2004. 848 p.
Written for a broad, cross-disciplinary audience, the Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry addresses the fundamental discipline of biological chemistry underlying virtually all of the life sciences. This compilation of more than 500 different entries encompasses all aspects of biochemistry, as well as the extensions of this subject into the related fields of molecular biology, cell biology, genetics and biophysics. This comprehensive encyclopedia covers all areas of biological chemistry written by more than 500 selected inteational experts. Articles are generously illustrated including more than 800 images in four-color. Each entry contains a clear, concise review of the topic along with illustrations, a glossary of technical terms and a section for additional reading.
Each entry further contains general background and term definitions as well as a comprehensive review of the current research in the field. Students, science joualists and scientists seeking a concise introduction to specific topics will appreciate the clear, tabular format of each entry.
Contents
Natriuretic Peptides and Their Receptors
N-End Rule for Protein Degradation
Neoglycoproteins
Neuronal Calcium Signal
Neuronal Intermediate Filaments
Neuropeptide Y Receptors
Neurotensin Receptors
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling
Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Nitric Oxide Signaling
Non-Homologous End-Joining
Non-Homologous Recombination: Bacterial Transposons
Non-Homologous Recombination: Retrotransposons
Nuclear Compartmentalization
Nuclear Envelope and Lamins
Nuclear Factor kappaB (NF?B)
Nuclear Genes in Mitochondrial Function and Biogenesis
Nuclear Organization, Chromatin Structure, and Gene Silencing
Nuclear Pores and Nuclear Import/Export
Nucleoid Organization of Bacterial Chromosomes
Nucleolus, Overview
Nucleotide Excision Repair and Human Disease
Nucleotide Excision Repair, Bacterial: the UvrABCD System
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Biology
Nucleotide Excision Repair in Eukaryotes
Olfactory Receptors
Oligosaccharide Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
Oligosaccharide Chains: Free, N-Linked, or O-Linked
Oncocytes
Opioid Receptors
Oithine Cycle
Oxygenases
Parathyroid Hormone/Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Receptor
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
Pentose Phosphate (Hexose Mono Phosphate) Pathway
Pentose Phosphate Pathway, History of
Peptide Amidation
Periplasmic Electron Transport Systems in Bacteria
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Peroxisomes
p53 Protein
Phage Display for Protein Binding
Pheromone Receptors (Yeast)
PHO Regulon
Phosphatidylinositol Bisphosphate and Trisphosphate
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate
Phosphofructokinase-2/Fructose Bisphosphatase-2
Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
Phosphoinositide 4- and 5-Kinases and Phosphatases
Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases
Phospholipase A2
Phospholipase C
Phospholipase D
Phospholipid Metabolism in Mammals
Phospholipid Synthesis in Yeast
Photoreceptors
Photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Carbon Dioxide Fixation
Photosystem I: FX, FA, and FB Iron-Sulfur Clusters
Photosystem I: Structure and Function
Photosystem II: Assembly and Tuover of the D1 Protein
Photosystem II Light Harvesting System: Dynamic Behavior
Photosystem II: Protein Components
Photosystem II: Water Oxidation, Overview
Plant Glycoproteins
Plant Signaling: Peptides
Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump: Structure and Function
Plastocyanin
Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Family
Polysialic Acid in Molecular Medicine
Porphyrin Metabolism
Pre-tRNA and Pre-rRNA Processing in Bacteria
Pre-tRNA and Pre-rRNA Processing in Eukaryotes
Prions, Overview
Prions and Epigenetic Inheritance
Processivity Clamps in DNA Replication: Clamp Loading
Propionyl CoA-Succinyl CoA Pathway
Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes
Proteases in Blood Clotting
Proteasomes, Overview
26S Proteasome, Structure and Function
Proteinase-Activated Receptors
Protein Carboxyl-Methylation
Protein Data Resources
Protein Degradation
Protein Folding and Assembly
Protein Glycosylation, Overview
Protein Glycosylation Inhibitors
Protein Import into Mitochondria
Protein Kinase B
Protein Kinase C Family
Protein N-Myristoylation
Protein Palmitoylation
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Proteoglycans
Pteridines
P-Type Pumps: Copper Pump
P-Type Pumps: H+/K+ Pump
P-Type Pumps: Na+/K+ Pump
P-Type Pumps: Plasma Membrane H+ Pump
P2X Purinergic Receptors
P2Y Purinergic Receptors
Purple Bacteria: Electron Acceptors and Donors
Purple Bacteria: Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Pyridoxal Phosphate
Pyrimidine Biosynthesis
Pyruvate Carboxylation, Transamination and Gluconeogenesis
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Pyruvate Kinase
Quinones
Rab Family
Ran GTPase
Ras Family
Recombination-Dependent DNA Replication
Recombination: Heteroduplex and Mismatch Repair in vitro
Recombination: Strand Transferases
recQ DNA Helicase Family in Genomic Stability
Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis (Rip)
Respiratory Chain and ATP Synthase
Respiratory Chain Complex I
Respiratory Chain Complex II and Succinate:Quinone Oxidoreductases
Respiratory Chain Complex IV
Respiratory Processes in Anoxygenic and Oxygenic Phototrophs
Retinoblastoma Protein (Rb)
Retinoic Acid Receptors
Reverse Transcriptase and Retroviral Replication
Rho GTPases and Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics
Ribosome Assembly
Ribosome Structure
Ribozyme Mechanisms
Ribozymes and Evolution
Ribozyme Structural Elements: Group I Introns
Ribozyme Structural Elements: Hairpin Ribozyme
RNA Editing
RNA Polymerase I and RNA Polymerase III in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II and Basal Transcription Factors in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II Structure in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase Reaction in Bacteria
RNA Polymerase Structure in Bacteria
Written for a broad, cross-disciplinary audience, the Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry addresses the fundamental discipline of biological chemistry underlying virtually all of the life sciences. This compilation of more than 500 different entries encompasses all aspects of biochemistry, as well as the extensions of this subject into the related fields of molecular biology, cell biology, genetics and biophysics. This comprehensive encyclopedia covers all areas of biological chemistry written by more than 500 selected inteational experts. Articles are generously illustrated including more than 800 images in four-color. Each entry contains a clear, concise review of the topic along with illustrations, a glossary of technical terms and a section for additional reading.
Each entry further contains general background and term definitions as well as a comprehensive review of the current research in the field. Students, science joualists and scientists seeking a concise introduction to specific topics will appreciate the clear, tabular format of each entry.
Contents
Natriuretic Peptides and Their Receptors
N-End Rule for Protein Degradation
Neoglycoproteins
Neuronal Calcium Signal
Neuronal Intermediate Filaments
Neuropeptide Y Receptors
Neurotensin Receptors
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling
Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Nitric Oxide Signaling
Non-Homologous End-Joining
Non-Homologous Recombination: Bacterial Transposons
Non-Homologous Recombination: Retrotransposons
Nuclear Compartmentalization
Nuclear Envelope and Lamins
Nuclear Factor kappaB (NF?B)
Nuclear Genes in Mitochondrial Function and Biogenesis
Nuclear Organization, Chromatin Structure, and Gene Silencing
Nuclear Pores and Nuclear Import/Export
Nucleoid Organization of Bacterial Chromosomes
Nucleolus, Overview
Nucleotide Excision Repair and Human Disease
Nucleotide Excision Repair, Bacterial: the UvrABCD System
Nucleotide Excision Repair: Biology
Nucleotide Excision Repair in Eukaryotes
Olfactory Receptors
Oligosaccharide Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
Oligosaccharide Chains: Free, N-Linked, or O-Linked
Oncocytes
Opioid Receptors
Oithine Cycle
Oxygenases
Parathyroid Hormone/Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Receptor
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
Pentose Phosphate (Hexose Mono Phosphate) Pathway
Pentose Phosphate Pathway, History of
Peptide Amidation
Periplasmic Electron Transport Systems in Bacteria
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Peroxisomes
p53 Protein
Phage Display for Protein Binding
Pheromone Receptors (Yeast)
PHO Regulon
Phosphatidylinositol Bisphosphate and Trisphosphate
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate
Phosphofructokinase-2/Fructose Bisphosphatase-2
Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
Phosphoinositide 4- and 5-Kinases and Phosphatases
Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases
Phospholipase A2
Phospholipase C
Phospholipase D
Phospholipid Metabolism in Mammals
Phospholipid Synthesis in Yeast
Photoreceptors
Photosynthesis
Photosynthetic Carbon Dioxide Fixation
Photosystem I: FX, FA, and FB Iron-Sulfur Clusters
Photosystem I: Structure and Function
Photosystem II: Assembly and Tuover of the D1 Protein
Photosystem II Light Harvesting System: Dynamic Behavior
Photosystem II: Protein Components
Photosystem II: Water Oxidation, Overview
Plant Glycoproteins
Plant Signaling: Peptides
Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump: Structure and Function
Plastocyanin
Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Family
Polysialic Acid in Molecular Medicine
Porphyrin Metabolism
Pre-tRNA and Pre-rRNA Processing in Bacteria
Pre-tRNA and Pre-rRNA Processing in Eukaryotes
Prions, Overview
Prions and Epigenetic Inheritance
Processivity Clamps in DNA Replication: Clamp Loading
Propionyl CoA-Succinyl CoA Pathway
Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes
Proteases in Blood Clotting
Proteasomes, Overview
26S Proteasome, Structure and Function
Proteinase-Activated Receptors
Protein Carboxyl-Methylation
Protein Data Resources
Protein Degradation
Protein Folding and Assembly
Protein Glycosylation, Overview
Protein Glycosylation Inhibitors
Protein Import into Mitochondria
Protein Kinase B
Protein Kinase C Family
Protein N-Myristoylation
Protein Palmitoylation
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Proteoglycans
Pteridines
P-Type Pumps: Copper Pump
P-Type Pumps: H+/K+ Pump
P-Type Pumps: Na+/K+ Pump
P-Type Pumps: Plasma Membrane H+ Pump
P2X Purinergic Receptors
P2Y Purinergic Receptors
Purple Bacteria: Electron Acceptors and Donors
Purple Bacteria: Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Pyridoxal Phosphate
Pyrimidine Biosynthesis
Pyruvate Carboxylation, Transamination and Gluconeogenesis
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Pyruvate Kinase
Quinones
Rab Family
Ran GTPase
Ras Family
Recombination-Dependent DNA Replication
Recombination: Heteroduplex and Mismatch Repair in vitro
Recombination: Strand Transferases
recQ DNA Helicase Family in Genomic Stability
Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis (Rip)
Respiratory Chain and ATP Synthase
Respiratory Chain Complex I
Respiratory Chain Complex II and Succinate:Quinone Oxidoreductases
Respiratory Chain Complex IV
Respiratory Processes in Anoxygenic and Oxygenic Phototrophs
Retinoblastoma Protein (Rb)
Retinoic Acid Receptors
Reverse Transcriptase and Retroviral Replication
Rho GTPases and Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics
Ribosome Assembly
Ribosome Structure
Ribozyme Mechanisms
Ribozymes and Evolution
Ribozyme Structural Elements: Group I Introns
Ribozyme Structural Elements: Hairpin Ribozyme
RNA Editing
RNA Polymerase I and RNA Polymerase III in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II and Basal Transcription Factors in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II Elongation Control in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase II Structure in Eukaryotes
RNA Polymerase Reaction in Bacteria
RNA Polymerase Structure in Bacteria