Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchoring of Proteins

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-12-374963-5
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

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

Zielgruppe

Biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, biophysicists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Menon, Anant Kumar

Kinoshita, Taroh

Orlean, Peter A

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Enzymologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko
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.