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Cholesterol Binding and Cholesterol Transport Proteins
Structure and Function in Health and Disease, Subcellular Biochemistry 51
ISBN/EAN: 9789048186211
Umbreit-Nr.: 1028306
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xxii, 632 S.
Format in cm: 4.7 x 24.2 x 16.5
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 17.03.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
- Zusatztext
- Inhaltsangabe1. Cholesterol Protein Interaction: Methods and Cholesterol Reporter Molecules.- 2. Cholesterol in Alzheimer's Disease and other Amyloidogenic Disorders.- 3. Cholesterol-Binding Viral Proteins in Virus Entry and Morphogenesis.- 4. Sterol-protein interactions in cholesterol and bile acid synthesis.- 5. Cholesterol Oxidase: Structure and Function.- 6. Oxysterol binding proteins.- 7. High density lipoprotein structure-function and role in reverse cholesterol transport.- 8. Lipoprotein Modification and Macrophage Uptake: Role of Pathologic Cholesterol Transport in Atherogenesis.- 9. Cholesterol interaction with proteins that partition into membrane domains: an overview.- 10. Caveolin, Sterol Carrier Protein-2, Membrane Cholesterol-rich Microdomains and Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking.- 11. Cholesterol in Niemann-Pick Type C disease.- 12. Protein Mediators of Sterol Transport Across Intestinal Brush Border Membrane.- 13. Cholesterol at the endoplasmic reticulum: roles of the sigma-1 receptor chaperone and implications thereof in human diseases.- 14. Prominin-1, a Distinct Cholesterol-Binding Membrane Protein, and the Organisation of the Apical Plasma Membrane of Epithelial Cells.- 15. Mammalian StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains with Specificity for Cholesterol: Structural Conservation and Mechanism of Reversible Binding.- 16. Membrane Cholesterol in the Function and Organization of G-protein Coupled Receptors.- 17. Cholesterol effects on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Cellular Aspects.- 18. Cholesterol and Myelin Biogenesis.- 19. Cholesterol and Ion Channels.- 20. The cholesterol-dependent cytolysins family of Gram-positive bacterial toxins.- 21. Cholesterol Specificity of some Heptameric ß-Barrel Pore-forming Bacterial Toxins: Structural and Functional Aspects.- 22. Cholesterol-binding Toxins and Anti-cholesterol Antibodies as Structural Probes for Cholesterol Localization.- Index.
- Kurztext
- Knowledge of cholesterol and its interaction with protein molecules is of fundamental importance. This books examines the structural and functional aspects of the families of cholesterol-binding and cholesterol transport proteins.
- Autorenportrait
- InhaltsangabeCholesterol-Protein Interaction: Methods and Cholesterol Reporter Molecules.- Cholesterol in Alzheimer's Disease and other Amyloidogenic Disorders.- Cholesterol-Binding Viral Proteins in Virus Entry and Morphogenesis.- Sterol-Protein Interactions in Cholesterol and Bile Acid Synthesis.- Cholesterol Oxidase: Structure and Function.- Oxysterol-Binding Proteins.- High Density Lipoprotein Structure-Function and Role in Reverse Cholesterol Transport.- Lipoprotein Modification and Macrophage Uptake: Role of Pathologic Cholesterol Transport in Atherogenesis.- Cholesterol Interaction with Proteins That Partition into Membrane Domains: An Overview.- Caveolin, Sterol Carrier Protein-2, Membrane Cholesterol-Rich Microdomains and Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking.- Cholesterol in Niemann-Pick Type C disease.- Protein Mediators of Sterol Transport Across Intestinal Brush Border Membrane.- Cholesterol at the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Roles of the Sigma-1 Receptor Chaperone and Implications thereof in Human Diseases.- Prominin-1: A Distinct Cholesterol-Binding Membrane Protein and the Organisation of the Apical Plasma Membrane of Epithelial Cells.- Mammalian StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains with Specificity for Cholesterol: Structural Conservation and Mechanism of Reversible Binding.- Membrane Cholesterol in the Function and Organization of G-Protein Coupled Receptors.- Cholesterol Effects on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Cellular Aspects.- Cholesterol and Myelin Biogenesis.- Cholesterol and Ion Channels.- The Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin Family of Gram-Positive Bacterial Toxins.- Cholesterol Specificity of Some Heptameric ?-Barrel Pore-Forming Bacterial Toxins: Structural and Functional Aspects.- Cholesterol-Binding Toxins and Anti-cholesterol Antibodies as Structural Probes for Cholesterol Localization.