Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
Academic Press
Published on 22. October 1980
470 pages
978-0-08-058485-0 (ISBN)
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Current Topics in Membranes and Transport
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Felix Bronner | A. Kleinzeller
Current Topics in Membranes and Transport: v. 14
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01/1980
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- Front Cover
- Current Topics in Membranes and Transport, Volume 14
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Yale Membrane Transport Volumes
- Erratum
- Chapter 1. Interface Between Two Immiscible Liquids as a Tool for Studing Membrane Enzyme Systems
- I. Introduction
- II. Potential Jumps at the Interface of Two Immiscible Liquids
- III. Experimental Equipment for Measuring the Volta Potential at the Oil/Water Interface
- IV. Compensation Potential in the Water/Oil Chain
- V. Some Approaches to the Study of Enzymatic Reactions Occurring at the Interface
- VI. Possible Mechanism of the Potential Generation at the Interface between Two Immiscible Liquids
- VII. Chlorophyll and Other Porphyrins at the Interface
- VIII. Study of Membrane Enzymatic Systems of the Respiratory Chain of Mitochondria
- IX. Rhodopsin and Bacteriorhodopsin at the Interface
- X . The Influence of the Dielectric Constant of the Oil Phase on the Efficiency of Charge Transfer through the Interface
- XI. Coupling of Membrane-Enzyme Systems
- XII. Conclusions
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 2. Criteria for the Reconstitution of Ion Transport Systems
- I. Introduction
- II. Reconstitution Experiments
- III. Conclusions and the Future of Reconstitution
- References
- Chapter 3. The Role of Lipids in the Functioning of a Membrane Protein: The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Pump
- I. Introduction
- II. Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
- III. Purification of Ca-ATPase
- IV. Equilibration of Lipid Pools
- V. Which Lipids Support ATPase Activity?
- VI. Reconstitution of Ca-ATPase into Sealed Vesicles
- VII. Only 30 Lipid Molecules Modulate Ca-ATPase Function
- VIII. The Composition of the Lipid Annulus Is Not the Same as the Whole Bilayer
- IX. Lipid Asymmetry
- X. Distribution of Lipids across the SR Membrane
- XI. Transbilayer Disposition of the Phospholipid Annulus
- XII. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. The Asymmetry of the Hexose Transfer System in the Human Red Cell Membrane
- I. Kinetic Asymmetry
- II. Kinetics of Membrane Transfers with Asymmetric Affinities
- III. Morphological Asymmetry
- IV. Implications of Asymmetry
- References
- Chapter 5. Permeation of Nucleosides, Nucleic Acid Bases, and Nucleotides in Animal Cells
- I. Introduction and Technical Principles
- II. Carrier Model for Facilitated Diffusion and Tests for Its Applicability to Nucleoside and Base Transport
- III. Uptake of Nucleosides and Purine Bases
- IV. Properties of Nucleoside and Free Base Transport Systems,
- V. Transport Inhibitors and Inactivation
- VI. Regulation of Nucleoside and Free Base Transport and Uptake
- VII. Permeation of Nucleotides
- VIII. Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Transmembrane Transport of Small Peptides
- I. General Introduction
- II. Peptide Transport in Animal Small Intestine
- III. Peptide Transport in Animal Tissues Other Than the Small Intestine
- IV. Peptide Transport in Microorganisms
- V. Peptide Transport in Higher Plants
- VI. Possible Physiological Advantages of Transmembrane Transport of Small Peptides
- VII. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 7. Characteristics of Epithelial Transport in Insect Malpighian Tubules
- I. The Route of Water Transport
- II. The Passive Epithelial Permeability of Malpighian Tubules
- III. Correlation of Structure with Function
- IV. Regulatory Properties of Malpighian Tubules
- V. Malpighian Tubule Action in the Absorption of Water Vapor from the Air
- VI. Summarizing Remarks
- References
- Subject Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
