Protein Metabolism : Comprehensive Biochemistry, Volume 19B, Part I

0444801715. Hardcover, from closed pharmaceutical company library. 528 pages, index, illustrated with b/w photographs, charts, tables and diagrams. Topical articles of protein metabolism. V. M. Pain and M. J. Clemens summarize the components that take part in protein synthesis machinery in the eukaryotic cell. P. J. Garlick and D. J. Millward describe the turnover of plasma proteins and enzymes in the flowing equilibrium of continuous synthesis and degradation in various tissues and in the whole organism. Garlick concentrated on the regulation of rates of reactions in vivo, while Millward looked at protein degradation in the muscles and liver. A. J. Bailey and D. J. Etherington wrote about the metabolism of collagen and elastin. K. B. M. Reid offers a resume to the complement system. Contents clean, tight and bright.