Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchoring of Proteins

Cutting edge reviews

Anant Kumar Menon (Edited by), Taroh Kinoshita (Edited by), Peter A Orlean (Edited by), Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Edited by)

9780123749635, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 11 September 2009

500 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.71 kg

This volume of The Enzymes features high-caliber thematic articles on the topic of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins.

1: Overview of GPI biosynthesis, gene listTaroh Kinoshita2: GlcNAc transfer reaction, GPI-GnT, Ras signalingDavid E. Levin3: GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylaseMichael A. J. Ferguson4: Inositol acylation/deacylationYoshifumi Jigami5: MannosylationYusuke Maeda6: Phosphoethanolamine transferPeter Orlean7: TransamidaseAnant K. Menon8: Flipping and pathway topologyAnant Menon9: Evolutional conservation and BioinformaticsJohn Samuelson10: GPI in apicomplexan and parasitesRalph Schwarz11: Chemical synthesis of GPIRam A. Vishwakarma12: Use of synthetic GPIs as anti-toxic vaccinePeter Seeberger 13: ER export and GPI-proteinsHoward Riezman14: Polarized sorting of GPI proteinsChiara Zurzolo15: Involvement of GPIs in yeast cell wall structurePeter N. Lipke16: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PIGA mutation)Lucio Luzzatto17: Inherited GPI deficiencyAnastasios Karadimitris18: Inhibitors of GPI biosynthesisTerry K. Smith

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Enzymology [PSBZ]