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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchoring of Proteins

  • 1st Edition, Volume 26 - July 9, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Anant Kumar Menon, Taroh Kinoshita, Peter A Orlean, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
  • Language: English

This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of protei… Read more

Description

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

Key features

  • Contributions from leading authorities
  • Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

Readership

Biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, biophysicists

Table of contents

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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 26
  • Published: July 22, 2009
  • Language: English

About the editors

TK

Taroh Kinoshita

Affiliations and expertise
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan

PO

Peter A Orlean

Affiliations and expertise
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

FT

Fuyuhiko Tamanoi

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Biochemist, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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