Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (Gpi) Anchoring of Proteins

Volume 26
Herausgegeben:Menon, Anant Kumar; Kinoshita, Taroh; Orlean, Peter A; Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins.

Produktdetails

• The Enzymes Volume 26
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2009-0-01892-3
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9780123749635
• ISBN-10: 0123749638
• Artikelnr.: 26846110

Autorenporträt

Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Overview of GPI biosynthesis, gene listTaroh Kinoshita2: GlcNAc transfer reaction, GPI-GnT, Ras signalingDavid E. Levin3: GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylaseMichael A. J. Ferguson4: Inositol acylation/deacylationYoshifumi Jigami5: MannosylationYusuke Maeda6: Phosphoethanolamine transferPeter Orlean7: TransamidaseAnant K. Menon8: Flipping and pathway topologyAnant Menon9: Evolutional conservation and BioinformaticsJohn Samuelson10: GPI in apicomplexan and parasitesRalph Schwarz11: Chemical synthesis of GPIRam A. Vishwakarma12: Use of synthetic GPIs as anti-toxic vaccinePeter Seeberger 13: ER export and GPI-proteinsHoward Riezman14: Polarized sorting of GPI proteinsChiara Zurzolo15: Involvement of GPIs in yeast cell wall structurePeter N. Lipke16: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PIGA mutation)Lucio Luzzatto17: Inherited GPI deficiencyAnastasios Karadimitris18: Inhibitors of GPI biosynthesisTerry K. Smith