Protein degradation in health and disease

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Excerpta Medica, , 1980
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.3/995
• Soggetto topico: Proteins - Metabolism; Proteolytic enzymes; Physiology, Pathological
• 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
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• Titolo autorizzato: Protein degradation in health and disease
• ISBN: 9786613694324; 9781280783937; 1280783931; 9780470720585; 0470720581; 9780470718261; 0470718269
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819037703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 75.