Hemoglobin Function in Vertebrates

Molecular Adaptation in Extreme and Temperate Environments
Herausgegeben:Prisco, G. di; Giardina, B.; Weber, R. E.

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Produktbeschreibung

The annual Congress of the Italian Biochemical and Molecular Biology Society (SIB) was held in September 1999 in Alghero, Sardegna, Italy. The programme envisaged a symposium on molecular adaptations of haemoglobin function in ver tebrates. Haemoglobin specialists from several countries were invited to speak at the symposium and paved the way for wide-ranging and stimulating discussions. The symposium contributions have been collected together in this volume. The structure/function relationship in haemoglobins from vertebrates (fishes populat ing temperate and polar environments, diving birds, marine and terrestrial mam mals) has been tackled from many angles, focusing on the adaptation of the oxy gen-transport system to the constraints dictated by the environment. Eleven arti cles review some of the most recent developments of the studies on this ancient oxygen-transport protein, characterized by high conservation during evolution. The volume offers the reader an updated, state-of-the-art summary of a field that is enjoying a true renaissance. Covering the topic from several viewpoints, the volume includes protein chemistry (amino acid sequence, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures, thermodynamics of oxygen-binding features), molecular biology (globin gene structure, sequence, organization, expression and regulation) and evolution. In this representation of effective multidisciplinary and multina tional collaborative efforts, reference is available to a wide range of disciplines and biological systems. The tools of the investigators comprise advanced and powerful methodologies developed in recent years, e. g.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Milan / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-88-470-2160-0
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 219g
• ISBN-13: 9788847021600
• ISBN-10: 884702160X
• Artikelnr.: 39509235

Inhaltsangabe

Molecular Aspects of Temperature Adaptation.- Adaptations for Oxygen Transport: Lessons from Fish Hemoglobins.- Recent Evolution of the Hemoglobinless Condition of the Antarctic Icefishes.- Oxygen-Transport System and Mode of Life in Antarctic Fish.- Functional Properties of the Cathodic Hemoglobin Component from Two Species of Anguilliformes.- Oxygen Transport in Diving Vertebrates.- Oxygen Transport and Diving Behaviour: The Haemoglobin from Dolphin Tursiops truncatus.- Molecular Modelling Analysis of the Haemoglobins of the Antarctic Bird Catharacta maccormicki: the Hypothesis of a Second Phosphate Binding Site.- Transport of Oxygen during Hibernation: the Hemoglobin of Dryomys nitedula.- The Hemoglobin Polymorphism in Sardinian Goats: Nucleotide Sequence and Frequency of ?A, ?D, ?D-Malta, and ?E Globin Genes.- The Organization of the 13-Globin Gene Cluster and the Nucleotide Sequence of the ?-Globin Gene of Cyprus Mouflon (Ovis gmelini ophion).