Author : Shmuel Shaltiel
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483217264
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Book Synopsis Modulation by Covalent Modification by : Shmuel Shaltiel
Download or read book Modulation by Covalent Modification written by Shmuel Shaltiel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current Topics in Cellular Regulation: Volume 27, Modulation by Covalent Modification is a compendium of papers dealing with the coordination, function, or control of cellular metabolism, particularly on modulation by covalent modification. One paper reviews the cyclic cascade model in metabolic regulation that shows the model's applicability to all covalent interconvertible enzyme systems, such as those modified by phosphorylation, ADP-ribosylation, carboxymethylation, acetylation, and sulfation. Another paper discusses the hypothesis that smooth muscle contraction is regulated by a calcium-dependent phosphorylation of the myosin molecule. Studies made by Sellers and Pato suggest that a phosphatase isolated from turkey gizzard muscle (known as smooth muscle phosphatase IV) can be related to an in vivo myosin phosphatase as the phosphatase IV binds well to both myosin and thiophosphorylated myosin. Other papers describe in situ regulation studies of Excherichia coli glutamine synthethase, the posttranslational processing of the insulin proreceptor, and selenium in cellular metabolism. The compendium is suitable for biochemists, microbiologists, and academicians whose works involve research in cell biology.