CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. I. Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Peptides and Proteins
5. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF DNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE FROM E. coli. NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF rpoB GENE AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCE OF THE (3-SUBUNIT 3
6. STUDY ON THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF THE ELONGATION FACTOR G FROM E.coli 13
7. INTRACELLULAR SERINE PROTEASES OP BACILLI 19
8. STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF PROTEINASE INHIBITORS FROM YEAST 29
9. INHIBITORS OF HUMAN NEUTRAL GRANULOCYTIC PROTEINASES FROM THE LEECH: BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND PATHOBIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS 39
10. ISOLATION OP A SPECIFIC PROTEIN INHIBITOR OP FUKGAL PROTEINASE AND YEAST PROTEINASE B PROM THE KIDNEY BEAK SEEDS 47
11. ISOLATION OF MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS FROM PARAMYXOVIRUS SV5 FOR ANALYSIS OF THEIR CARBOHYDRATE STRUCTURE 53
12. HAEMOGLOBIN POLYMORPHISM IN CHIRONOMUS (DIPTERA). Primary Structure, Allergenic Determinants and Monomer-Dimer Equilibrium 61
13. H I G H ALTITUDE RESPIRATION OF THE BAR-HEADED GOOSE (ANSER INDICUS) AND THE DIFFERENT EVOLUTION OF THE α- AND ᵦ-CHAINS IN AVIAN HEMOGLOBINS 71
14. THE STRUCTURE OF THE DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE-BINDING SUBUNIT 83
15. STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF THE ACTIVE ION TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 85
16. ISOLATION OF THE TTX-SENSITIVE PROTEIN(S) OF EXCITABLE TISSUES 93
17. FRAGMENTS FORMED FROM NEUROPEPTIDES UPON ACTION OF HYPOTHALAMIC ENDOPEPTIDASES 99
18. NEW DATA ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROTEINS OP HYPOTHALAMUS - CARRIERS OP CARDIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS 103
19. ISOLATION AND STRUCTURAL STUDY OP NEUROTOXIN PROM THE VENOM OP SPIDER LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS 109
20. SEA ANEMONE TOXINS; A MINIREVIEW 121
21. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MASTOPARAN II - OLIGOPEPTIDE FROM THE VENOM OF HORNET. Vespa orientalis 127
22. ISOLATION, PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE IMMUNITY POLYPEPTIDE BIOREGULATOR FROM THYMUS 137
23. SOME RECENT ADVANCES IN THE METHODS OF PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS 143
24. FIELD DESORPTION MASS SPECTROMETRY OF OLIGOPEPTIDES 153
25. SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE-MODIFYING PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MASS SPECTROMETRY 173
26. STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION AND PROPERTIES OF NIKKOMYCINS, A NEW CLASS OF NUCLEOSIDE - PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS 187
27. II. Peptide Syntheses. Biological Activity and Analytical Problems of Synthetic Peptides
28. ELECTROCHEMICAL INTRODUCTION AND SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF A NEW TYPE OF AMINO- AND CARBOXY-PROTECTING GROUP FOR PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS 193
29. NEW ASPECTS OF PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS BY FOUR COMPONENT CONDENSATIONS 203
30. ISOCYANIDES AS ACTIVATING REAGENTS IN PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS 209
31. IMPACT OF CONFORMATION ON THE SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES FOR PEPTIDE SEQUENCES 217
32. SYNTHETIC STUDIES OF NEUROTOXIN II FROM VENOM OF CENTRAL ASIAN COBRA. Naja naja ox-Lana 229
33. INVESTIGATION ON THE SYNTHESIS OF SALMON CALCITONIN II FRAGMENTS 239
34. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SOMATOSTATIN WITHOUT HYDROXYL GROUP PROTECTION OF HYDROXYL AMINO ACID RESIDUES 245
35. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SOMATOSTATIN-28 249
36. SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND MEMBRANE PROPERTIES OF GRAMICIDIN A DIMER ANALOGS 259
37. CYCLIC ANALOGUES OF BRADYKININ AND KALLIDIN 269
38. INHIBITION OF RNA POLYMERASE BY ANALOGS OF AMANINAMIDE 275
39. STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF ACTIN-BINDING PEPTIDES 279
40. SYNTHESIS, SPECTRAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF DSIP AND ITS ANALOGS 289
41. POLYOXYETHYLENEOXIDE(POE) PEPTIDES, MODELS FOR RHODOPSIN AND MYOGLOBIN 299
42. CHEMICAL MUTATION: REPLACEMENT OF REACTIVE SITE RESIDUE P¹= LYS IN BOVINE KUNITZ INHIBITOR BY OTHER AMINO ACIDS AND CONCOMITANT SPECIFICITY CHANGE 301
43. ENZYMATIC-CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF PORCINE INSULIN INTO HUMAN INSULIN 315
44. TRYPSIN CATALYZED PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS: MODIFICATION OF THE B-CHAIN C-TERMINAL REGION OF INSULIN 319
45. SEMISYNTHESIS WITH INSULIN-B-CHAIN 327
46. INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF Al, B29 AMINO GROUP MODIFICATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF INSULIN 337
47. BACTERIAL CELL WALL GLYCOPEPTIDES: SYNTHESIS, CONFORMATION AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY 343
48. USE OF DIPEPTIDE SUBSTRATES IN STUDIES OF SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THROMBIN CATALYSIS 353
49. STUDIES ON THE EFFICACY OF PREPARATIVE AND ANALYTICAL HPLC IN PEPTIDE CHEMISTRY 359
50. A Method For Amino Acid Separation With A Microcolumn Chromatograph 367
51. An Express Method For Determination Of Absolute Configuration And Quantitity Of Amino Acid Enantiomers In Mixtures 373
52. III. Structural Features of Proteins
53. Structure-Activity Studies on Neurotoxin 1 from Sea Anemone Radianthus Macrodactylus 379
54. Cobra Venom Neurotoxins: Conformation and Interaction with the Acetylcholine Receptor 389
55. The Study of the Scorpion Neurotoxin Membrane Receptors 399
56. Dehydration of Ionogenic Groups in Peptide Ligands on Receptor Surface 407
57. The Study of the Structural and Functional Organization of the Somatotropin Molecule 415
58. Structural Features of Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Protein 423
59. X-Ray Investigation of Three Dimensional Structure of Actinoxanthin 429
60. Aldimine Bond Migration in the Photochemical Cycle of Bacteriorhodopsin 435
61. Chemical Modofication of Purple Membrane Topography of Bacteriorhodopsin 441
62. Formation and Unusual Properties of Bacterioopsin- Ag⁺-4-Dimethylaminochalcone Triple Complex 451
63. Peptide from Beef Heart Mitochondria Inducing Ion-Selevtive Channels on Planar Bilayer Membrane 457
64. Functional Role of the Protein Component of the Ca²⁺ -Transporting Glycoprotein from Beef Heart Homogenate and Mitochondria 463
65. Optical Spectroscopy Study of Substrate Binding by Leucine Specific and Leucine - Isoleucine - Valine Binding Proteins from E.coli 467
66. Investigations of Immunoglobulin Structure in Solution 473
67. Conformational Lability of Immunoglobulin M Molecule 479
68. Structure-Functional Studies of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase from E.coli 485
69. Structure of the Proteolipid Subunit of the ATP Synthase 489
70. Quaternary Structure and Reconstitution of Acetylcholine Receptor from Torpedo californica 499
71. Author Index 511
72. Subject Index 545