CIBA Foundation Symposium on Quinones in Electron Transport [[electronic resource] ] : [Papers and discussions] / / editors for the Ciba Foundation: G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144546903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Little Brown, [1961?]
• ISBN: 1-280-76872-X; 9786613679499; 0-470-71921-4; 0-470-71672-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.947
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)
• Disciplina: 612.015
• Soggetti: Quinone; Biochemistry; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM ON QUINONES IN ELECTRON TRANSPORT; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Isolation and characterization of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) and ubichromenol; Discussion; Isolation and characterization of the coenzyme Q (ubiquinone) group and plastoquinone; Discussion; Chemistry of ubiquinone and related compounds; Discussion; Coenzyme Q. XXIII. Organic and biological studies; Discussion; Coenzyme Q and electron transport; Discussion; The oxidation of quinols by mitochondrial preparations; Discussion; In vitro phosphorylation involving oxidation of quinol phosphates; DiscussionShort communication: Chroman formation and its rôle in oxidative phosphorylation; Studies on the biosynthesis of the ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) series in animals and micro-organisms; Discussion; Biosynthesis of some monobenzenoid quinones; Discussion; Studies on the biosynthesis of the terpenoid side chains of quinones; Discussion; Biosynthesis of ubiquinones; Discussion; The ; biosynthesis of coenzyme Q in the rat; Discussion; Short communication: Diet-induced changes in ubiquinone and ubichromenol levels in the rat; Discussion; Recent investigations on the chemistry and fonction of vitamin KDiscussion; Direct spectroscopic observations of the oxidation-reduction re- actions of ubiquinone in heart and kidney mitochondria; Discussion; The possible rôle of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) in the respiratory Chain; Discussion; Histochemical studies of the effects of coenzyme Qlo and menadione on oxidative enzymes in normal and neoplastic cells; Discussion; The possible rôle of plastoquinone (Q-254) in the electron transport system of photosynthesis; Discussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks