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Protein Structure & Molecular Enzymology BB A Vol. 1206, 1994 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Cumulative Contents Review Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and ligand binding properties of the horse heart metmyoglobin His™- The solvent dependence of enzyme specificity Tyr variant C.R. Wescott and A.M. Klibanov (USA) H.-L. Tang, B. Chance, A.G. Mauk, L.S. Powers, K.S. Reddy and M. Smith (Canada, Regular Papers USA) Redox regulation of maize NADP-malic enzyme by Determination of the catalytic site of creatine kinase thiol—disulfide interchange: effect of reduced by site-directed mutagenesis thioredoxin on activity L. Lin, M.B. Perryman, D. Friedman, R. Roberts M.F. Drincovich and C.S. Andreo (Argentina) and T.S. Ma (USA) Inhibition of cholinesterase activity by tetrahydro- Identification of an unusual paramagnetic species aminoacridine and the hemisuccinate esters of and of three [2Fe-2S] clusters in the iron-only tocopherol and cholesterol hydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bac- J. Chelliah, J.D. Smith and M.W. Fariss (USA) terium Thermotoga maritima Purification of peroxisomal acyl-CoA: dihydroxy- E.T. Smith and M.W.W. Adams (USA) acetonephosphate acyltransferase from human Catalytic core of rat tyrosine hydroxylase: terminal placenta deletion analysis of bacterially expressed enzyme R. Ofman and R.J.A. Wanders (The Netherlands) S.J. Walker, X. Liu, R. Roskoski and K.E. Vrana Structural characterization and biological activity of (USA) recombinant human epidermal growth factor pro- Alteration of calmodulin—protein interactions by a teins with different N-terminal sequences monoclonal antibody to calmodulin M. Svoboda, A. Bauhofer, P. Schwind, E. Bade, D.B. Sacks (USA) I. Rasched and M. Przybylski (Germany) Purification and characterization of a thermal hys- Epoxidation of arachidonic acid as an active-site teresis protein from a plant, the bittersweet night- probe of cytochrome P-450 2B isoforms shade Solanum dulcamara R.M. Laethem, J.R. Halpert and D.R. Koop (USA) J.G. Duman (USA) Polymerization of actin induced by actin-binding Isotope effects on the mechanism of calcineurin fragments of caldesmon catalysis: kinetic solvent isotope and isotope ex- R. Makuch, N. Kulikova, M.A. Gr@ziewicz, change studies E. Nowak and R. Dabrowska (Poland) B.L. Martin and D.J. Graves (USA) Analysis of electrostatic interactions in ribonuclease Strong-field and integral spin-ligand complexes of A monoclinic crystal the cytochrome bo quinol oxidase in Escherichia E. Alexov and B. Atanasov (Bulgaria) coli membrane preparations Primary structure of bovine Hageman factor (blood M.W. Calhoun, R.B. Gennis, W.J. Ingledew and coagulation factor XII): comparison with human J.C. Salerno (USA, UK) and guinea pig molecules Stepwise removal of the C-terminal 12 amino acids Y. Shibuya, U. Semba, H. Okabe, T. Kambara and of firefly luciferase results in graded loss of activ- T. Yamamoto (Japan) ity A spectroscopic and equilibrium binding analysis of G.B. Sala-Newby and A.K. Campbell (UK) cationic detergent—protein interactions using solu- ‘Organic phase buffers’ control biocatalyst activity ble and insoluble recombinant porcine growth independent of initial aqueous pH hormone A.D. Blackwood, L.J. Curran, B.D. Moore and M. Cardamone, N.K. Puri, W.H. Sawyer, P.J. Halling (UK) R.J. Capon and M.R. Brandon (Australia) High-pressure effects on B-lactoglobulin interactions Type IV collagenases in human amniotic fluids and with ligands studied by fluorescence amnion epithelial cells E. Dufour, G. Hui Bon Hoa and T. Haertlé J. Lehtovirta and T. Vartio (Finland) (France) 294 Cumulative Contents / Biochimica et Biophysics Acta 1206 (1994) 293 — 294 Heterogeneities in ferritin dimers as characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra studies of protein gel filtration, nuclear magnetic resonance, elec- in reverse micelles: effect of AOT /isooctane on trophoresis, transmission electron microscopy, and the secondary structure of a-chymotrypsin gene engineering techniques C. Qinglong, L. Huizhou and C. Jiayong (People’s D. Yang, K. Matsubara, M. Yamaki, S. Ebina and Republic of China) K. Nagayama (Japan) Purification and initial characterization of microso- The soluble but not mitochondrially bound hexoki- mal epoxide hydrolase from the human adrenal nase is a substrate for the ATP- and ubiquitin-de- gland pendent proteolytic system D. Papadopoulos, H. Jérnvall, J. Rydstrom and M. Magnani, R. Crinelli, A. Antonelli, A. Casabi- J.W. DePierre (Sweden) anca and G. Serafini (Italy) Conformational mapping of the cytosolic linker be- Stabilized structure of the presynaptic (Y,) receptor- tween domains III and IV of the cardiac Na* specific neuropeptide Y analog N-acetyl[Leu- channel protein and binding studies with a site-di- 28,Leu-31]NPY(24—36) rected channel modifying antibody J.A. Barden, R.M. Cuthbertson, E.K. Potter, W. Beck, G. Jung, W.G. Bessler, I. Benz and L.A. Selbie and A. Tseng (Australia) M. Kohlhardt (Germany) Characterization and use of biotinylated Escherichia Inactivation of horseradish peroxidase by phenol and coli K99 lectin hydrogen peroxide: a kinetic investigation S. Berger, Y. Karamanos, F. Schoentgen and K.J. Baynton, J.K. Bewtra, N. Biswas and R. Julien (France) K.E. Taylor (Canada ) The role of protein kinase A and protein kinase C in prostanoid IP receptor desensitization in NG108- Rapid Reports 15 cells A. Krane, J. Malkhandi, L. Mercy and M. Keen Secretion of human intracellular aspartic proteinase (UK) cathepsin E expressed in the methylotrophic yeast, The mechanism of stimulation of brain phospho- Pichia pastoris and characterization of produced lipase C-a@ by myelin basic protein involves spe- recombinant cathepsin E cific interactions M. Yamada, T. Azuma, T. Matsuba, H. lida, T.A. Tompkins and M.A. Moscarello (Canada NIG H. Suzuki, K. Yamamoto, Y. Kohli and H. Hori 2W1, Canada MSG 1X8) (Japan) Modes of association of concanavalin A with a-D- Evidence for the glycosylation of porcine serum glycosides transferrin at a single site located within the C- A. Troganis and C.1. Stassinopoulou (Greece) terminal lobe Methylene blue sensitized photo-oxidation of colla- N.D. Sharma, R.W. Evans, K.J. Patel, gen fibrils B. Gorinsky, A.I. Mallet and A. Aitken (UK) J.A.M. Ramshaw, L.J. Stephens and P.A. Tulloch (Australia) Short Sequence-Paper Purification and characterization of inorganic py- rophosphatase from Methanobacterium _ ther- cDNA sequence and deduced primary structure of an moautotrophicum (strain AH) a-amylase inhibitor from a bruchid-resistant wild G.-J.W.M. van Alebeek, J.T. Keltjens and common bean C. van der Drift (The Netherlands) K. Suzuki, M. Ishimoto and K. Kitamura (Japan) Overproduction of the prismane protein from Desul- fovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 in Desul- Cumulative Contents, Vol. 1206 fovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) and EPR spec- troscopy of the [6Fe-6S] cluster in different redox Author Index states W.A.M. van den Berg, A.A.M. Stevens, M.F.J.M. Verhagen, W.M.A.M. Van Dongen and W.R. Hagen (The Netherlands)