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The Mollusca
Environmental Biochemistry and Physiology
- 1st Edition, Volume 2 - June 28, 2014
- Editors: Karl M. Wilbur, Peter W. Hochachka
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 9 3 3 - 0 4 6 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 6 3 4 - 0
The Mollusca, Volume 2: Environmental Biochemistry and Physiology provides information pertinent to the advances in the traditional areas of biochemistry and in other developed… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Mollusca, Volume 2: Environmental Biochemistry and Physiology provides information pertinent to the advances in the traditional areas of biochemistry and in other developed areas that have become a part of molluskan biochemistry. This book discusses the developments in the various aspects of molecular biomechanics and environmental biochemistry. Organized into 10 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the comparative studies of the structure–function relationships in molluskan oxygen carriers. This text then describes the specific types and classes of molluskan respiratory proteins. Other chapters consider the nature and distribution of respiratory proteins in mollusks. This book discusses as well the oxygen equilibrium properties of gastropod hemocyanins. The final chapter deals with host–symbiont interactions in mollusks. This book is a valuable resource for researchers of the Mollusca and other phyla, as well as to teachers and qualified graduate students. Biochemists and physiologists will also find this book useful.
Contributors
General Preface
Preface
Contents of Other Volumes
1. Respiratory Pigments: Structure and Function
I. Introduction
II. Distribution of Molluscan Oxygen Carriers
III. General Considerations of the Oxygen-Binding Process
IV. Molluscan Myoglobins
V. Molluscan Hemoglobins
VI. Molluscan Hemocyanins
References
2. Blood Respiratory Properties in Marine Gastropods
I. Introduction
II. The Oxygen Carrier
III. Cooperativity
IV. Oxygen Affinity
V. Root Shift
VI. Summary and Perspectives
References
3. Osmolytes and Metabolic End Products of Molluscs: The Design of Compatible Solute Systems
I. Introduction
II. Composition of the Cytosol of Marine Molluscs
III. Solute Effects and Noneffects on Protein Structure and Function
IV. Mechanisms of Solute Action
V. Regulation of Compatible Solute Concentrations
VI. Evolutionary Considerations
References
4. Metal Ions: Metabolic and Toxic Effects
I. Introduction
II. Epithelial Uptake Systems
III. Blood Transport Systems
IV. Cellular Storage Systems
V. Cellular Detoxification Systems
VI. Fluxes and Compartments
VII. Perspectives
References
5. Developmental and Seasonal Metabolic Activities in Marine Molluscs
I. Introduction
II. Larval Development and Metamorphosis
III. Reproduction and Seasonal Biochemical Cycles
IV. Metabolic Pathways
References
6. Metabolic and Enzyme Adaptation to Temperature and Pressure
I. Introduction
II. Evolutionary Rate Compensation to Temperature
III. Thermal Compensation Associated with a Period of Adaptation
IV. Metabolic Adaptation to Short-Term (Acute) Temperature Change
V. Thermoregulation
VI. Metabolic and Enzyme Adaptation to Pressure
References
7. Molluscan Bioluminescence
I. Introduction
II. The Chemistry of Bioluminescence
References
8. Biochromy of the Mollusca
I. Introduction
II. Schemochromic or Structural Coloration
III. Carotenoids
IV. Tetrapyrroles
V. Indole Pigments, Including Melanins
VI. Nitrogenous, Metal-Complexed Molluscan Biochromes
References
9. Biochemical Genetics and Adaptation in Molluscs
I. Introduction
II. Genetic Variation in Natural Populations of Molluscs
III. Ecological Genetics of Aminopeptidase-I in Mytilus edulis
IV. General Conclusions
References
10. Biochemical Interactions Between Molluscs and their Algal and Bacterial Symbionts
I. Introduction
II. Photosynthetic Associations: Mollusc-Algae and Mollusc-Chloroplast Symbiosis
III. Mollusc-Bacteria Associations in Wood-Eating Molluscs: Capacities for Cellulose Degradation, Nitrogen Fixation, and Essential Amino Acid Synthesis
IV. Sulfide-Based Symbioses Between Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacteria and Bivalves
V. Some Questions for Future Work
References
Index
- No. of pages: 362
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 2
- Published: June 28, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9781493304622
- eBook ISBN: 9781483296340
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Karl M. Wilbur
Affiliations and expertise
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.PH
Peter W. Hochachka
Affiliations and expertise
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaRead The Mollusca on ScienceDirect