Frontiers in High Pressure Biochemistry and Biophysics

by Balny; Heremans; Masson

• ISBN13: 9780444510990
• ISBN10: 0444510990
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-05
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Summary

This is the first book covering all aspects of high pressure biochemistry and biophysics of proteins. Hydrostatic pressure is a powerful tool for study of biological systems. As a thermodynamic parameter, hydrostatic pressure has been known for a century to act on biological materials in a similar, but not identical, way to temperature. However, pressure was disregarded for a long time by biochemists mainly because the basic concepts (and the thermodynamics) focused on the chemical reactions involved and because general ideas on what pressure can add to the understanding of the behaviour of proteins were lacking. In recent decades, technological progress in the field of physics has shown, along with parameters such as temperature and solvent conditions, that pressure can be used for more refined thermodynamic and kinetic descriptions of biological processes and regulation of biological systems. The effects of pressure on proteins, nucleoproteins and membranes have recently been reviewed and several proceedings books have been published.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(2)
R. R. Ernst
Introduction
High pressure effects on biological macromolecules: from structural changes to alteration of cellular processes	3	(8)
C. Balny
P. Masson
K. Heremans
Revisiting some basic concepts
Pressure-temperature phase diagrams of biomolecules	11	(19)
L. Smeller
The effects of osmotic and hydrostatic pressures on macromolecular systems	30	(18)
J. A. Kornblatt
M.J. Kornblatt
Compressibility of protein transitions	48	(23)
N. Taulier
T.V. Chalikian
Effects of high pressure on enzymatic activity	71	(9)
D. B. Northrop
Major developments in experimental methodology
UV-visible derivative spectroscopy under high pressure	80	(14)
R. Lange
C. Balny
High pressure static fluorescence to study macromolecular structure-function	94	(9)
K. Ruan
C. Balny
Investigation of the effect of high hydrostatic pressure on proteins and lipidic membranes by dynamic fluorescence spectroscopy	103	(13)
P. Tauc
C. R. Mateo
J.-C. Brochon
Tryptophan phosphorescence and pressure effects on protein structure	116	(15)
P. Cioni
G. B. Strambini
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in high-pressure studies on proteins	131	(14)
W. Dzwolak
M. Kato
Y. Taniguchi
High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance studies of proteins	145	(15)
J. Jonas
Synchrotron X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering of lyotropic lipid mesophases, model biomembranes and proteins in solution at high pressure	160	(25)
R. Winter
High pressure simulations of biomolecules	185	(16)
E. Paci
Folding, unfolding and molecular interactions: the high pressure approach
Revisiting volume changes in pressure-induced protein unfolding	201	(9)
C. A. Royer
Expanding the pressure technique: insights into protein folding from combined use of pressure and chemical denaturants	210	(14)
S. Perrett
J.-M. Zhou
High hydrostatic pressure as a tool to study protein aggregation and amyloidosis	224	(11)
T. W. Randolph
M. Seefeldt
J.F. Carpenter
Pressure effects on intra- and intermolecular interactions within proteins	235	(15)
B. B. Boonyaratanakornkit
C. B. Park
D.S. Clark
Pressure induces folding intermediates that are crucial for protein--DNA recognition and virus assembly	250	(16)
J. L. Silva
A. C. Oliveira
A. M. O. Gomes
L. M. T. R. Lima
R. Mohana-Borges
A. B. F. Pacheco
D. Foguel
The interactions of nucleic acids at elevated hydrostatic pressure	266	(11)
R. B. Macgregor Jr.
Experimental and theoretical high pressure strategies for investigating protein--nucleic acid assemblies	277	(6)
T. W. Lynch
S.G. Sligar
Functionality of biosystems under high pressure
Effect of pressure on electron transfer reactions in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry	283	(14)
J. Macyk
R. van Eldik
High pressure, a tool for exploring heme protein active sites	297	(12)
G. Hui Bon Hoa
M.A. McLean
S.G. Sligar
Cytochrome P-450-CO and substrates: lessons from ligand binding under high pressure	309	(20)
C. Jung
The use of high pressure for applied biochemistry
Cold denaturation of proteins under high pressure	329	(16)
S. Kunugi
N. Tanaka
Protein crystallization under high pressure	345	(12)
Y. Suzuki
G. Sazaki
S. Miyashita
T. Sawada
K. Tamura
H. Komatsu
The use of high pressure for separation and production of bioactive molecules	357	(10)
P. Lemay
Pressure effects on in vivo microbial processes	367	(15)
D. H. Bartlett
Some snapshots for future prospects in basic and applied sciences
Compressibility gives new insight into protein dynamics and enzyme function	382	(5)
K. Gekko
Experiments on ion channels at high pressure	387	(3)
A. G. Macdonald
Cell biology and high pressure: applications and risks	390	(2)
H. Ludwig
Exploring hyperthermophilic proteins under pressure: theoretical aspects and experimental findings	392	(5)
E. Mombelli
E. Shehi
P. Fusi
P. Tortora
High pressure in bioscience and biotechnology: pure science encompassed in pursuit of value	397	(3)
R. Hayashi
Author Index	400	(2)
Subject Index	402