Protein degradation in health and disease

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144657103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Excerpta Medica, , 1980
• ISBN: 1-280-78393-1; 9786613694324; 0-470-72058-1; 0-470-71826-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 75 (new ser.)
• Disciplina: 616.3/995
• Soggetti: Proteins - Metabolism; Proteolytic enzymes; Physiology, Pathological
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Protein Degradation in Health and Disease; Contents; Discussion; Introduction: the classification of proteinases; Discussion; Lysosomal cysteine proteinases; Discussion; Cathepsin D: the lysosomal aspartic proteinase; Discussion; Human leucocyte elastase and cathepsin G: structural and functional characteristics; Discussion; Human collagenases: comparative and immunolocalization studies; Discussion; Proteinases in connective tissue breakdown; Discussion; Cellular mechanisms of proteinase release from inflammatory cells and the degradation of extracellular proteins; Discussion; Inactivation of cytosol enzymes by a liver membrane protein; Discussion; Lysosomes and protein degradation; Discussion; Insights into mechanisms of intracellular protein turnover from studies on pinocytosis; Discussion; Turnover and degradation of mitochondria and their proteins; Discussion; Protein degradation in cells in culture; Discussion; Regulation of protein breakdown in hepatocyte monolayers; Discussion; A possible role for neutral proteolysis in the degradation of intracellular proteins; Discussion; Studies of the ATP dependence of protein degradation in cells and cell extracts; Discussion; Coordination of protein synthesis and degradation; ; Discussion; General discussion Sites of protein degradation; Application of liver perfusion as an in vitro model in studies of intracellular protein degradation; Protein degradation and the regulation of protein balance in muscle; Discussion; Protein degradation in metabolic and nutritional disorders; Discussion; Proteinase inhibitors in severe inflammatory processes (septic shock and experimental endotoxaemia): biochemical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects; Discussion; Neutral proteinases of leucocytes and the inflammatory process; Discussion; Final general discussion; Concluding remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index