Polyamines (eBook)

PART I BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYAMINES,- 1 Biosynthesis of Polyamines in Eukaryotes, Archaea, and Bacteria.- 2 Long-Chain and Branched Polyamines in Thermophilic Microbes.- 3 Regulation and Diversity of Polyamine Biosynthesis in Plants.- PART II CATABOLISM OF POLYAMINES.- 4 Polyamine Catabolism in Prokaryotes.- 5 Mammalian Polyamine Catabolism.- 6 Polyamine Catabolism in Plants.- PART III POLYAMINE HOMEOSTASIS.- 7 Antizyme.- 8 Bacterial Antizyme.- 9 Polyamine Homeostasis in Plants: The Role(s) of Evolutionarily Conserved Upstream ORFs.- PART IV ROLES OF POLYAMINES IN GROWTH.- 10 Role of the Polyamine Spermidine as a Precursor for Hypusine Modification in eIF5A.- 11 The Polyamine Modulon: Genes Encoding Proteins Whose Synthesis Is Enhanced by Polyamines at the Level of Translation.- 12 Protein Synthesis and Polyamines in Thermophiles: Effect of Polyamines on Nucleic Acid Maintenance and Gene Expression.- PART V ROLES OF POLYAMINES IN SURVIVAL.- 13 Polyamines in Plant Stress Response.- PART VI POLYAMINE TRANSPORTERS.- 14 Recent Advances in Bacterial Polyamine Transport Systems.- 15 Polyamine Transport Systems in Plants.- PART VII POLYAMINE-DERIVED SECONDARY METABOLITES.- 16 Polyamine-Derived Alkaloids in Plants: Molecular Elucidation of Biosynthesis.- 17 Polyamine Toxins from Spiders and Wasps.- PART VIII ACTION OF POLYAMINES ON ION CHANNELS.- 18 Polyamine Block of Inwardly Rectifying Potassium (Kir) Channels.- 19 Polyamine Action on Plant Ion Channels and Pumps.- 20 Regulation of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptors by Spermine and Ifenprodil.- PART IX POLYAMINES AND LONGEVITY.- 21 Polyamines and Longevity in Mammals.- 22 Polyamine Interactions with Plant Hormones: Crosstalk at Several Levels.- PART X DIAGNOSIS AND DRUG TARGETS.- 23 N1, N12-Diacetylspermine in Human Urine: Performance as a Tumor Marker, Quantification, Production, and Excretion.- 24 Targeting the Polyamine Biosynthetic Pathway in Parasitic Protozoa.