High Pressure Bioscience Basic Concepts, Applications and Frontiers /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Akasaka, Kazuyuki. (Editor ), Matsuki, Hitoshi. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Subcellular Biochemistry, 72
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9918-8
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Why and How Proteins Denature under Pressure?
  • 1 Early Days of Pressure Denaturation Studies of Proteins
  • 2 Protein Denaturation on p-T Axes - Thermodynamics and Analysis
  • 3 Driving Forces in Pressure-induced Protein Transitions
  • 4 Why and How Does Pressure Unfold Proteins?
  • Part II Volume, Compressibility, Fluctuation and Interaction in Proteins
  • 5 Volume and Compressibility of Proteins
  • 6 Pressure-Dependent Conformation and Fluctuation in Folded Protein Molecules
  • 7 Water Turns the "Non-Biological" Fluctuation of Protein into "Biological" One
  • 8 Pressure Effects on the Intermolecular Interaction Potential of Condensed Protein Solutions
  • Part III Pressure and Functional Sub-States in Proteins
  • 9 High Pressure NMR Methods for Characterizing Functional Sub-States of Proteins
  • 10 High-Pressure NMR Spectroscopy Reveals Functional Sub-States of Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-Like Proteins
  • 11 Functional Sub-States of Proteins by Macromolecular Crystallography
  • 12 Cavities and Excited States in Proteins
  • Part IV Pressure and Protein Folding and Assembly
  • 13 Exploring the Protein Folding Pathway with High-Pressure NMR: Steady-State and Kinetic Studies
  • 14 Basic Equations in Statics and Kinetics of Protein Polymerization and the Mechanism of the Formation and Dissociation of Amyloid Fibrils Revealed by Pressure Perturbation
  • 15 Pressure-Inactivated Virus: a Promising Alternative for Vaccine Production
  • Part V Pressure Effects on Biological Membranes
  • 16 How Do Membranes Respond to Pressure?
  • 17 Pressure Effects on Artificial and Cellular Membranes
  • 18 Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Microbial Cell Membranes: Structural and Functional Perspectives
  • 19 Homeoviscous Adaptation of Membranes in Archaea
  • Part VI Pressure adaptation and tolerance of proteins and living organisms
  • 20 Pressure-Dependent Gene Activation in Yeast Cells
  • 21 Environmental Adaptation of Dihydrofolate Reductase from Deep-Sea Bacteria
  • 22 Moss Spores Can Tolerate Ultra-High Pressure
  • Part VII High pressure food processing and pasteurization
  • 23 Pressure-Based Strategy for the Inactivation of Spores
  • 24 Use of Pressure Activation in Food Quality Improvement
  • 25 Use of Pressure for Improving Storage Quality of Fresh-Cut Produce
  • 26 Application of High-Pressure Treatment to Enhancement of Functional Components in Agricultural Products and Development of Sterilized Foods
  • Part VIII Pressure Effects on Motility, Physiology and Health
  • 27 High-Pressure Microscopy for Studying Molecular Motor
  • 28 Ion Channels Activated by Mechanical Forces in Bacterial and Eukaryotic Cells
  • 29 Gravitational Effects on Human Physiology
  • Part IX Methodology
  • 30 High Pressure Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
  • 31 High Pressure Macromolecular Crystallography
  • 32 High-Pressure Fluorescence Spectroscopy up to 700 MPa
  • 33 High Pressure NMR Spectroscopy.