Proteins in Biology and Medicine

ContributorsPreface1. Regulation of Biological Processes Structure, Function, and Evolution of Insulin-Related Polypeptides The Semisynthesis of Insulin and Its Analogs Studies on the Three-Dimensional Structure of Insulin and Its Analogs Role of Cell Surface Components and Receptors in Thrombin-Stimulated Cell Division A Cancer Suppressive Factor in Biological Fluids Isolation and Characterization of Human Lymphokines Bioactive Factors of the Blood Complement System Modulation of Primary Structure in Control and Secretion of Proteins2. Structure and Function Relationships of Enzymes Structure-Function Relationships in Phospholipases A2 Studies of Snake Venom Enzymes: Phospholipase A2 and a Fibrinolytic Enzyme Suicide Substrates for Specific Target Enzymes Properties, Function, and Localization of Two Cytochromes P-450 from Liver and Kidney Studies on Glucoamylase from Monascus rubiginosus Sato Role of Cys-149 in Ligand Binding and the Formation of a Fluorescent Derivative at the Active Site of D-Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase Recent Studies on the Conformation of Proteins and Peptides in Solution X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of the Structure, Function, and Evolution of Proteins3. Structure and Function Relationships of Blood Proteins Studies on Serum Lipoproteins: Structure, Function, Metabolism, and Their Relationship to Atherosclerosis The Biosynthesis of Fibrinogen and the Cloning of Its cDNA Structural Analyses of Abnormal Hemoglobins in Chinese4. Protein-Protein Interactions Studies on the Mung Bean Trypsin Inhibitor The Streptokinase-Plasminogen Interaction: A Model of Binding Activation of Serine-Protease Zymogens Studies of the Molecular Localization of Protein-Protein Interaction Sites in the Lactose Synthase System The Structure and Biological Activities of Plant LectinsIndex