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Sulphur in Biology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Symposium on Biology of Sulphur Ciba Foundation
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Excerpta Medica, 1980.
Colección:Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 72.
Novartis Foundation Symposia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sulphur in Biology; Contents; Introduction; The sulphur cycle: definition, mechanisms and dynamics; Discussion; Kinetic and chemical properties of ATP sulphurylase from Penicillium chrysogenum; Discussion; Pathways of assimilatory sulphate reduction in plants and microorganisms; Discussion; Oxidative phosphorylation linked to the dissimilatory reduction of elemental sulphur by Desulfovibrio; Discussion; Synthesis of L- cysteine in Salmonella typhimurium; Discussion; The regulation of methionine biosynthesis and metabolism in plants and bacteria; Discussion.
  • The oxidation of sulphite in animal systemsDiscussion; New aspects of glutathione metabolism and translocation in mammals; Discussion; Observations on the biological roles of sulphatases; Discussion; Sulphatase A: an arylsulphatase and a glycosulphatase; Discussion; Studies on the nature and regulation of the cellular thiol : disulphide potential; Discussion; Sulphydryl oxidase: oxidation of sulphydryl groups and the formation of three-dimensional structure in proteins; Discussion; Metallothionein: an exceptional metal thiolate protein; Discussion.
  • Diseases of sulphur metabolism: implications for the methionine-homocysteine cycle, and vitamin responsivenessDiscussion; Similarities between cysteinesulphinate transaminase and aspartase aminotransferase; Discussion; Taurine in development and nutrition; Discussion; General Discussion; Rhodanese in thiobacilli and higher organisms; Methionine metabolism; Transport of sulphate and polythionates in bacteria and eukaryotes; Metabolism of insoluble mineral sulphides; Inborn errors of sulphate metabolism; Energy generation in sulphur metabolism; Sulphide oxidation in animal tissues.
  • Iron-sulphur proteins and sulpholipidsIndex of contributors; Subject index.