Invertebrate Oxygen Carriers

✍ Scribed by F. Ghiretti (auth.), Professor Dr. Bernt Linzen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 503
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Homage to René Lontie....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Structure, Function and Oxidation Levels of Hemerythrin....Pages 9-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Dissociation of the Extracellular Hemoglobin of Lumbricus Terrestris: A Model of Its Subunit Structure....Pages 25-36
Subunit Structure of Earthworm Erythrocruorin....Pages 37-40
Characterization of Trimeric Hemoglobin Component from the Earth Worm, Lumbricus Terrestris ....Pages 41-44
The Structure of the Extracellular Hemoglobin of Annelids....Pages 45-52
Ophelia bicornis Erythrocruorin. Some Peculiar Features....Pages 53-55
Structure of Annelid Hemoglobins — Small Angle X-Ray Studies....Pages 57-60
Structural Analogies in Annelid Erythrocruorins....Pages 61-64
Role of SH-Groups and S-S Bridges in the Main Subunit (1/12 Molecule) of Spirographis Spallanzanii Chlorocruorin....Pages 65-68
Subunit Structure and Amino Acid Sequence of the Extracellular Hemoglobin from the Polychaete Tylorrhynchus Heterochaetus ....Pages 69-72
A Preliminary Study of the Hemoglobin of Arenicola Marina ....Pages 73-76
Oxygen Equilibria of Whole Molecules, Isolated Subunits and the Subunit Trimer of Hemoglobin from Lumbricus Terrestris ....Pages 77-79
The Amino Acid Sequence of a Structural Unit Isolated from the High Molecular Weight Globin Chains of Artemia Sp.....Pages 81-84
Quaternary Structure and Modulation of Function in Earthworm Erythrocruorin....Pages 85-88
Calcium Dependent Allosteric Modulation and Assembly of the Giant Hemoglobin from the Earthworm, Eisenia Foetida ....Pages 89-92
Quaternary Structure of Erythrocruorin from the Aquatic Snail Helisoma trivolvis ....Pages 93-96
Immunochemical Properties of Molluscan Hemoglobins....Pages 97-100
Studies of the Heme Environment in Molluscan Hemoglobins by EPR....Pages 101-105
The Cooperative Dimeric Hemoglobin from the Mollusc Scapharca Inaequivalvis: Structural and Functional Characterization....Pages 107-110
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The Low Resolution Structures of the Cooperative Hemoglobins from the Blood Clam Scapharca Inaequivalvis ....Pages 111-115
Structure and Function of the Dimeric and Tetrameric Hemoglobins from the Bivalve Mollusc, Anadara Broughtonii ....Pages 117-120
Cosolvent Effects on Hemoprcteins’ Oxygen Uptake and Equilibria....Pages 121-124
Hemoglobin from the Parasitic Barnacle, Briarosaccus Callosus ....Pages 125-127
Sulfide-Binding by an Extracellular Hemoglobin....Pages 129-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Three-Dimensional Structure of Haemocyanin from the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Interruptus , at 3.2 Å Resolution....Pages 135-147
Primary Structure of the a Chain of Panulirus Interruptus Hemocyanin....Pages 149-152
Subunits a, b and c of Panulirus Interruptus Hemocyanin and Evolution of Arthropod Hemocyanins....Pages 153-163
Primary Structure of Subunit B of Panulirus Interruptus Hemocyanin....Pages 165-168
Amino Acid Sequence Studies on the c Chain of Panulirus Interruptus Hemocyanin ....Pages 169-172
Partial Amino Acid Sequence of Crayfish ( Astacus Leptodactylus ) Hemocyanin....Pages 173-176
Hemocyanin of the Spider Eurypelma Californicum: Amino Acid Sequence of Subunit a and of the Smaller Cb-Peptides of Subunits b and c....Pages 177-184
Mapping of Antigenic Determinants in Androctonus Australis Hemocyanin: Preliminary Results....Pages 185-201
Circular Dichroism Spectra of Native 37 S Hemocyanin from the Spider Eurypelma Californicum and Its Subunits....Pages 203-206
Subunit Heterogeneity and Aggregate Formation in Cherax destructor and Jasus sp. Hemocyanins ....Pages 207-211
On the Role of Individual Subunits in the Quaternary Structure of Crustacean Hemocyanins....Pages 213-216
Stem and Cryo-Tem of Limulus and Kelletia Hemocyani....Pages 217-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Presence of Only Seven Functional Units in the Polypeptide Chain of the Haemocyanin of the Cephalopod Octopus Vulgaris ....Pages 223-226
Immuno-EM of Sepia officinalis hemocyanin....Pages 227-230
Preliminary Results on the Structure of Octopus Dofleini Hemocyanin....Pages 231-234
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Functional and Structural Properties of the 50,000 D Subunit of Octopus Vulgaris Hemocyanin....Pages 235-239
Immunochemical Relationships and Subunit Composition of Selected Molluscan Hemocyanins....Pages 241-244
Kinetics and Equilibria of Octopus Hemocyanin Association....Pages 245-248
Subunit Structure of Hemocyanin from the Gastropod Levantina hierosolima ....Pages 249-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Partial Primary Structure of the Helix Pomatia ß c -Hemocyanin Functional Unit D ....Pages 255-258
Amino Acid Sequence of the C-Terminal Domain of Octopus ( Paroctopus dofleini dofleini ) Hemocyanin....Pages 259-262
Sequence Homologies of Paroctopus Dofleini and Helix Pomatia Hemocyanin....Pages 263-264
Active-Site and Protein Structure of Tyrosinase: Comparison to Hemocyanin....Pages 265-276
The Hemocyanin of the Uniramous Arthropods....Pages 277-280
Immunological Correspondences Between the Hemocyanin Subunits of 86 Arthropods: Evolution of a Multigene Protein Family....Pages 281-292
Divergence Pattern of Horseshoe Crabs: Immunological Constitution and Immunological Distance of the Asian Horseshoe Crab’s Hemocyanins....Pages 293-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Oxygen Binding by Hemocyanin: Compensation During Activity and Environmental Change....Pages 299-319
Gas Exchange and Gas Transport in the Tarantula Eurypelma Californicum — An Overview....Pages 321-326
Relations Between Respiration and Circulation in the Tarantula, Eurypelma Californicum ....Pages 327-331
Crab Hemocyanin Function Changes During Development....Pages 333-335
Sexual and Seasonal Changes of Hc from Palinurus Elephas ....Pages 337-340
Modulation of Haemocyanin Oxygen Affinity by L-Lactate — A Role for Other Cofactors....Pages 341-352
Novel Non-Lactate Cofactors of Haemocyanin Oxygen Affinity in Crustaceans....Pages 353-356
The Effects of Different Cations on the Electrical Properties of the Channel Formed by Megathura Crenulata Hemocyanin....Pages 357-360
Electrical Properties of Ionic Channels Formed by Helix Pomatia Hemocyanin in Planar Lipid Bilayers....Pages 361-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Inference of Allosteric Unit in Chlorocruorin, Erythrocruorin, and Hemerythrin on the Basis of the Monod-Wyman-Changeux Model....Pages 367-374
A Cooperative Model for Ligand Binding as Applied to Oxygen Carriers....Pages 375-381
Nesting — An Extension of the Allosteric Model and its Application to Tarantula Hemocyanin....Pages 383-388
Calorimetric Analysis of Oxygen Binding to Lobster Hemocyanin....Pages 389-393
Structural and Functional Studies on the Hemocyanin of the Mangrove Crab (Scylla Serrata) ....Pages 395-398
The Spatial Range of Allosteric Interaction in A 24-Meric Arthropod Hemocyanin....Pages 399-402
Mercury Ions — A Tool to Study the Specific Role of Individual Subunits in the Allosteric Interaction of Arthropod Hemocyanins....Pages 403-406
Active-Site Heterogeneity as Revealed by Peroxide and Mercury: Interactions with Purified Subunits of Limulus Hemocyanin....Pages 407-416
Oxygen-Linked Dissociation and Oxygen Binding by Subunits of Octopus Dofleini Hemocyanin....Pages 417-420
Conformational Differences Between Oxy- and Deoxy-Hemocyanin....Pages 421-424
Detection of Conformational Changes in Tarantula ( Eurypelma Californicum ) Hemocyanin by Means of Fluorescent Probes....Pages 425-428
Effects of Solvent Composition on Hemocyanin Conformation....Pages 429-433
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Half-apo Derivatives of Hemocyanins....Pages 437-440
Spectroscopic Characterization of a Co(II) Derivative of Carcinus maenas Hemocyanin....Pages 441-444
Preparation of a Methaemocyanin of Astacus Leptodactylus Regenerable with Hydroxylamine....Pages 445-448
Binuclear Electron-Paramagnetic-Resonance Signals of Arthropodan Methaemocyanins in the Presence of Nitrite....Pages 449-452
EPR Observations on the Reaction Of Hemocyanin with Azide....Pages 453-456
The Reaction of Hemocyanin from Octopus Vulgaris with Nitrite. A Reinterpretation of the Oxidation Pathways....Pages 457-462
Achatina fulica Hemocyanin and a Dicopper Oxygen Carrier as Model....Pages 463-466
Front Matter....Pages 467-467
Identification of mRNA Coding for Globin in the Chloragogen Cells of Lumbricus Terrestris ....Pages 469-472
Front Matter....Pages 467-467
Cloning of the cDNA for the Globin from the Clam, Barbatia Reeveana ....Pages 473-476
Identification of a cDNA Transcript Containing the Coding Region for F-I Globin from Urechis caupo ....Pages 477-479
A Comparative Study of Arthropod and Mollusc Hemocyanin mRNA....Pages 481-484
Haemocyanin-mRNA-Rich Fractions of Cephalopodan Decabrachia and Of Crustacea, Their in Vivo and in Vitro Translation....Pages 485-488
Intracellular Hemocyanin and Site of Biosynthesis in the Spider Eurypelam Californicum ....Pages 489-494
Cloning and Sequencing of Eurypelma Californicum Hemocyanin cDNA....Pages 495-498
Front Matter....Pages 499-499
Conclusions....Pages 501-503
Back Matter....Pages 505-521

✦ Subjects

Biochemistry, general;Zoology;Biophysics and Biological Physics