Part A. Bacteria 1. Where are we in the exploration of Escherichia coli translocation
pathways? (B. Wickner). 2. Components involved in bacterial protein
translocation (C. Harris, P.C. Tai). 3. Molecular characterization of Sec proteins
comprising the protein secretory machinery of Escherichia coli (S. Mizushima,
H. Tokuda, S. Matsuyama). 4. Distinct steps in the insertion pathway of
bacteriophage coat proteins (A. Kuhn, D. Troschel). 5. Steps in the assembly of a
cytoplasmic membrane protein - The MalF component of the maltose transport
complex (B. Traxler, J. Beckwith). 6. Structural characteristics of presecretory
proteins: Their implication as to translocation competency (S. Mizushima, K. Tani,
C. Hikita, M. Kato). 7. Sequence determinants of membrane protein topology
(G. von Heijne). 8. Lipid involvement in protein translocation (B. de Kruijff,
E. Breukink, R.A. Demel, R. van 't Hof, H.H.J. de Jongh, W. Jordi, R.C.A. Keller, J.A. Killian, A.I.P.M. de Kroon, R. Kusters,
M. Pilon). Part B. Endoplasmic reticulum 9. Membrane protein insertion into the
endoplasmic reticulum - signals, machinery, and mechanisms (S. High,
B. Dobberstein). 10. Translocation of proteins through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane:
investigation of their molecular environment by crosslinking (E. Hartmann,
T.A. Rapoport). 11. The role of GTP in protein targeting to the endoplasmic
reticulum (C. Ogg, J.M. Nunnari, J.D. Miller, P. Walter). 12. Consecutive steps of nucleoside
triphosphate hydrolysis are driving transport of precursor proteins into the
endoplasmic reticulum (P. Klappa, G. Müller, G. Schlenstedt, H. Wiech, R. Zimmermann).
Part C. Vacuoles 13. Mechanisms and regulation of import and degradation of
cytosolic proteins in the lysosome/vacuole (H.-L. Chiang, R. Schekman). 14. The sorting
of soluble and integral membrane proteins to the yeast vacuole (C.K. Raymond,
C.A. Vater, S. Nothwehr, C.J. Roberts, T.H. Stevens). Part D. Peroxisomes 15. Defining
components required for peroxisome assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(J. Höhfeld, D. Mertens, F.F. Wiebel, W.-H. Kunau). 16. Structure and assembly of
peroxisomal membrane proteins (J.M. Goodman, L.J. Garrard, M.T. McCammon). 17. Mechanisms of
transport of proteins into microbodies (S. Subramani). 18. Lessons for peroxisome
biogenesis from fluorescence analyses of Zellweger syndrome fibroblasts
(P.B. Lazarow, H.W. Moser, M.J. Santos). Part E. Mitochondria 19. The mitochondrial protein
import machinery of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (V. Hines). 20. Protein insertion
into mitochondrial outer and inner membranes via the stop-transfer sorting
pathway (G.C. Shore, D.G. Millar, J.-M. Li). 21. General and exceptional pathways of protein
import into sub-mitochondrial compartments (R. Lill, C. Hergersberg, H. Schneider,
T. Söllner, R. Stuart, W. Neupert). Part F. Cloroplasts 22. Targeting of
proteins into and across the chloroplast envelope (H.-M. Li, S.E. Perry, K. Keegstra). 23.
Transport of proteins into the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts (C. Robinson).
24. Comparison of two different protein translocation mechanisms into
chloroplasts (J. Soll, H. Alefsen, B. Böckler, B. Kerber, M. Salomon, K. Waegemann). Part G.
Chaperones 25. DnaJ homologs and protein transport (T. Kurihara, P.A. Silver). 26.
Chaperonin-mediated protein folding (A.L. Horwich, S. Caplan, J.S. Wall, F.-U.Hartl). References. Index.