Principles and Applications of Quinoproteins

Preface -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of Quinoproteins /Victor L. Davidson -- Part II: Selected Quinoproteins -- 2. Methanol Dehydrogenase in Gram-Negative Bacteria /Christopher Anthony -- 3. Bacterial Quinoproteins Glucose Dehydrogenase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase /Kazunobu Matsushita and Osao Adachi -- 4. Quinoprotein Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Microorganisms /Kazunobu Matsushita and Osao Adachi -- 5. Methylamine Dehydrogenase /Victor L. Davidson -- 6. Copper-Containing Amine Oxidases /William S. Mclntire and Christa Hartmann -- 7. Lysyl Oxidase /Herbert M. Kagan and Philip C. Trackman -- Part III: Biosynthesis, Structure, and Function of Quinoproteins -- 8. Regulation and Expression of Bacterial Quinoproteins /Kerstin Laufer and Mary E. Lidstrom -- 9. The Role of Quinoproteins in Bacterial Energy Transduction /Christopher Anthony -- 10. X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Quinoproteins /F. Scott Mathews and Wim G. J. Hoi -- 11. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Quinoproteins /David M. Dooley and Doreen E. Brown -- Part IV: Analysis and Properties of PQQ and Quinonoid Cofactors -- 12. The Chemistry of PQQ and Related Compounds /Yoshiki Ohshiro and Shinobu Itoh -- 13. Glycine-Dependent Redox Cycling and Other Methods for PQQ and Quinoprotein Detection /Rudolf Fluckiger, Mercedes A. Paz, Peter R. Bergethon, Edward Henson, and Paul M. Gallop -- 14. Biosynthesis of PQQ 343 /Clifford J. Unkefer -- 15. PQQ, A Growth-Stimulating Substance for Microorganisms /Kazunobu Matsushita and Osao Adachi -- Part V: PQQ and Quinoproteins in Medicine and Biotechnology -- 16. PQQ: Effect on Growth, Reproduction, Immune Function, and Extracellular Matrix Maturation in Mice /Francene M. Steinberg, Carsten Smidt, Jack Kilgore, Nadia Romero-Chapman, David Tran, David Bui, and Robert B. Rucker -- 17. The Biomedical Significance of PQQ /Mercedes A. Paz, Rudolf Fliickiger, and Paul M. Gallop -- 18. Pharmacological Application of PQQ /Akiharu Watanabe, Hideo Nishigori, Teizi Urakami, Toshihiro Tsuchida, and Norio Hobara -- 19. Quinoproteins as Biocatalysts /A. Netrusov -- 20. Quinoproteins as Biosensors /Isao Karube, Kenji Yokoyama, and Yasushi Kitagawa -- Index.