Amino acids Subject index

Contents J. M. BRAND, J. CHR. YOUNG, and R. M. SILVERSTEIN, Insect Pheromones A Critical Review of Recent Advances in Their Chemistry, Biology, and Application - M. McNEIL, A. G. DARVILL, and P. ALBERSHEIM, The Structural Polymers of the Primary Cell Walls of Dicots - U. SCHMIDT, J. HAUSLER, ELISABETH OHLER, and H. POISEL, Dehydroamino Acids, a-Hydroxy-a-amino Acids and a-Mercapto-a-amino Acids — Author Index — Subject Index. 

The smdy of tissue protein breakdown in vivo is difficult, because amino acids released during intracellular breakdown of proteins can be extensively reutilized for protein synthesis within the cell, or the amino acids may be transported to other organs where they enter anabohc pathways. However, actin and myosin are methylated by a posttranslational reaction, forming d-methylliistidine. During intracellular breakdown of actin and myosin, 3-methylhistidine is released and excreted into the urine. The urinary output of the methylated amino acid provides a rehable index of the rate of myofibrillar protein breakdown in the musculature of human subjects. 

This book is based predominantly on the patent literature and provides how to data regarding the production, purification, and application of commercial enzymes. Coverage is not limited to food applications, and 70 subjects are grouped as Enzymes, Enzymatic Processing, Enzyme Stabilization, Polymer-Enzyme Products, Cell Culture, Protein Analysis, Nucleic Acids etc.. Amino Acids, Peptide Synthesis, and Applications. Indexing includes U.S. patent number, company and patent assignee, inventor, and subject. 

For a general look at the subject, there is the Handbook of Vitamins, second edition, edited by Lawrence J. Machlin and published in 1991. Another is by Sheldon Saul Hendler and a board of medical advisors, most or all M.D.s, titled The Doctors Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia, published in 1990. This reference also covers herbs, amino acids, and other substances, and has numerous citations in the index about cancer, but no definite, sure-fire remedies. 

Contents Introduction. - Structure Determination Amino Acid Analysis. Sequence Determination. Secondary and Tertiary Stmcture. - Peptide Synthesis Formation of the Peptide Bond. Protection of Functional Groups. Undesired Reactions during Synthesis. Racemization. Design of Schemes for Peptide Synthesis. Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis. - Methods of Facilitation. Analysis and Characterization of Synthetic Peptides. -Subject Index. 

The use of the term betaines is, of course, not technically correct from a chemical nomenclature standpoint, even though Chemical Abstracts does maintain such a listing in its Chemical Subjects Index. The betaine surfactants may be found named according to the parent amino acid, from which they can, in principle, be derived. For example, the compound... 

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