Hormones structure and

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STEROID HORMONES STRUCTURE AND CONFORMATION OF AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS... 

The half lives of hormones differ with some having very short half lives of less than a few minutes e.g. ACTH, epinephrine and nor-epinephrine, with other hormones e.g., erythropoietin having half lives of about 2-3 h in the mouse and 8-lOh in the dog. (see Woodman,1997 and Reimers,1999 for detailed descriptions of animal hormone structures and properties). The binding of circulating T3 and T4 to plasma proteins differs, and for the hormones that are bound to plasma proteins, any factors affecting protein synthesis and the ratio of freedotal hormone levels must be considered when interpreting data. 

Lindenberg S. Ultrastructure in human implantation transmission and scanning electron-microscopy. Baillieres Clin Obstet Gynecol 1991 5 1-14. Enders AC. Cytology of human early implantation. Res Reprod 1976 8 1-2. Pierce J, Parsons TF. Glycoprotein hormones structure and Function. Ann Rev Biochem 1981 50 465-495. 

A. W. Norman, R. Bouillon, M. Thomasset, eds.. Vitamin D. A Pluripotent Steroid Hormone Structural Studies, Molecular Endocrinology and Clinical Applications. Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Vitamin D, Orlando, Florida, May 1994, Walter de Gmyter, Berlin, 1994, p. 89. 

The situation is different for other examples—for example, the peptide hormone glucagon and a small peptide, metallothionein, which binds seven cadmium or zinc atoms. Here large discrepancies were found between the structures determined by x-ray diffraction and NMR methods. The differences in the case of glucagon can be attributed to genuine conformational variability under different experimental conditions, whereas the disagreement in the metallothionein case was later shown to be due to an incorrectly determined x-ray structure. A re-examination of the x-ray data of metallothionein gave a structure very similar to that determined by NMR. 

The phenomenon of leaf and fruit drop is known as abscission and has been suspected for some time to be under hormonal control. Dr. Addicott s description of the structure and properties of Abscisin II, the abscission hormone isolated from cotton, climaxes over 12 years of his own investigations on the subject and represents perhaps the greatest advance in plant hormone research in the past decade. It also provides an unusual and unsuspected structural model to guide... 

Bone metabolism comprises the processes of bone formation and bone resorption, the key actions by which skeletal mass, structure and quality are accrued and maintained throughout life. In the mature skeleton, anabolic and catabolic actions are mostly balanced due to the tight regulation of the activity of bone forming ( osteoblast) and bone resorbing ( osteoclast) cells through circulating osteotropic hormones and locally active cytokines. 

Moreover, molecular modeling is one key method of a wide range of computer-assisted methods to analyze and predict relationships between protein sequence, 3D-molecular structure, and biological function (sequence-structure-function relationships). In molecular pharmacology these methods focus predominantly on analysis of interactions between different proteins, and between ligands (hormones, drugs) and proteins as well gaining information at the amino acid and even to atomic level. 

Important products derived from amino acids include heme, purines, pyrimidines, hormones, neurotransmitters, and biologically active peptides. In addition, many proteins contain amino acids that have been modified for a specific function such as binding calcium or as intermediates that serve to stabilize proteins—generally structural proteins—by subsequent covalent cross-hnk-ing. The amino acid residues in those proteins serve as precursors for these modified residues. Small peptides or peptide-like molecules not synthesized on ribosomes fulfill specific functions in cells. Histamine plays a central role in many allergic reactions. Neurotransmitters derived from amino acids include y-aminobutyrate, 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin), dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Many drugs used to treat neurologic and psychiatric conditions affect the metabolism of these neurotransmitters. 

Figure 42-3. Cholesterol side-chain cleavage and basic steroid hormone structures. The basic sterol rings are identified by the letters A-D. The carbon atoms are numbered 1-21 starting with the A ring. Note that the estrane group has 18 carbons (Cl 8), etc.

Section V deals with aspects of extracellular and intracellular communication. Topics covered include membrane structure and function, the molecular bases of the actions of hormones, and the key field of signal transduction. 

The primary structures of the pituitary hormones vasopressin and oxytocin differ by Just two amino acids, ... 

Bennett, H.P.J. Browne, C.A. Goltzman, D. and Solomon, S. Isolation of peptide hormones by reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography. In Gross, E., and Meinenhofer, J., ed, Pepti des. Structure and Bioloai cal Function. Rockford,... 

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