Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry

by Shoichi Imai, Makoto Endo, Iwao Ohtsuki

Overview

The papers in this volume were contributed by close friends, co-worker s and pupils of Professor Setsuro Ebashi. They are dedicated to him to commemorate his great and pioneering contribution to the advancement of muscle physiology and biochemistry, which, in time, exerted a great influence on the whole field of life science. We believe that this is sue reveals the present state of research on muscle and/or calcium tha t was opened up by Professor Ebashi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461555438
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Series:	Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry , #31
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

Table of Contents

Professor Ebashi’s impact on the study of the regulation of striated muscle contraction.- Troponin I: Inhibitor or facilitator.- Calcium ion regulation of muscle contraction: The regulatory role of troponin T.- Thermodynamic analyses of calcium binding to troponin C, calmodulin and parvalbumins by using microcalorimetry.- A strange calmodulin of yeast.- Regulation by molluscan myosins.- The properties and function of invertebrate new muscle protein.- Actin binding proteins that change extent and rate of actin monomer-polymer distribution by different mechanisms.- A phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study on the complex of chicken gizzard myosin subfragment 1 with adenosine diphosphate.- Interactions of protein phosphatase type 1, with a focus on myosin phosphatase.- Myosin light chain kinase from skeletal muscle regulates an ATP-dependent interaction between actin and myosin by binding to actin.- Ca2+-induced Ca2+ desensitization of myosin light chain phosphorylation and contraction in phasic smooth muscle.- Growing and differentiating characterization of aortic smooth muscle cell line, p53LMAC01 obtained from p53 knock out mice.- Expressional regulation of smooth muscle cell-specific genes in association with phenotypic modulation.- Roles of intracellular Ca2+ receptors in the pancreatic ß-cell in insulin secretion.- Organization of connectin/titin filaments in sarcomeres of differentiating chicken skeletal muscle cells.- Detection of a sequence involved in actin-binding and phosphoinositide-binding in the N-terminal side of cofilin.- Creatine kinase, cell membrane and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.- Structural basis of the function of endothelin receptor.- Stimulation of plasma membrane Ca2+-pump ATPase of vascular smooth muscle by cGMP-dependent proteinkinase: Functional reconstitution with purified proteins.- Chemical modification of an arginine residue in the ATP-binding site of Ca2+-transporting ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum by phenylglyoxal.- Intrinsic inhibitor of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate binding.- Dynamic regulation of intracellular calcium signals through calcium release channels.- Comparison of properties of Ca2+ release channels between rabbit and frog skeletal muscles.- Index to Volume 190.

Editorial Reviews

A collection of research papers by close friends, coworkers, and pupils of Professor Setsuro Ebashi, reprinted from , vol. 190, nos. 1 & 2, January (1999). Subjects include troponin I, calcium ion regulation of muscle contraction, properties and function of invertebrate new muscle protein, structural basis of the function of endothelin receptor, and dynamic regulation of intracellular calcium signals through calcium release channels. The editor works in the department of pharmacology at Niigata University School of Medicine in Japan. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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