Bioenergetics

Opening Session.- Introductory Remarks.- Opening Lecture.- Special Session.- Memories of My Flavoprotein Research.- I. Biochemistry 1. Mitochondrial Electron Transfer.- An Overview of Ubiquinone Proteins.- Studies on the Mechanism of Action of the Mitochondrial Energy-Linked Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase.- Structures of Beef Mitochondrial Complex I Subunits.- Inhibition of the Mitochondrial Complex I Activity by Fatty Acid Derivatives of Vanillylamide.- New 4-Hydroxypyridine and 4-Hydroxyquinoline Derivatives as Inhibitors of NADH-Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase in the Respiratory Chain II.- Effects of Redox State for Ubiquinone-10 on the Membrane Fluidity of Cardiolipin-Containing Liposomes.- Features of Assembly and Mechanism of Yeast Mitochondrial Ubiquinol: Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase.- Structural Studies of Euglena Cytochrome c1.- How Well is Cytochrome c Engineered?.- Subunit I is the Catalytic Center of P. denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase.- The Separation between Cytochrome a and Cytochrome a3 in the Absolute Spectrum.- I. 2. Energy Coupling and Ion Transport.- Which Electron-Transferring Reactions in the Respiratory Chain Contribute to the Energy Conservation?.- Cytochrome Oxidase and Peroxide Metabolism.- Do Hydrogen Ions Serve as Bioenergetic Messengers in Yeast?.- Molecular Organization and Regulation of the Protonmotive System of Mammalian ATP Synthase.- Situation of Archaebacterial ATPase among Ion-Translocating ATPases.- Structure and Chemical Modification of Pig Gastric (H++K+)-ATPase.- Inhibition of the Uncoupler-Induced Mitochondrial ATP-Hydrolysis by the Cooperative Work of the ATPase Inhibitor, 9K Protein and 15K Protein.- Reconstitution of H+ATPase into Planar Phospholipid Bilayers and its Kinetic Analysis.- A Mitochondrial Carrier Family for Solute Transport.- The Calcium Pump of the Plasma Membrane: Structure/Function Relationships.- I.3. Other Related Topics.- The 9-kDa Polypeptide with Iron-Sulfur Centers A/B in Spinach Photosystem I with Special Reference to its Structure and Topographic Consideration in Thylakoid Membrane.- A Photo-Signal Transducing Photoreceptor (Stentorin) in Stentor coeruleus: A Brief Review.- Theory and Applications of the Kinetics of Substrate Reaction during Irreversible Modification of Enzyme Activity.- High Pressure Kinetic Studies on Certain Hemoproteins.- The Purification and Properties of Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane.- II. Molecular Biology.- Subunit 8 of Yeast Mitochondrial ATP Synthase: Biochemical Genetics and Membrane Assembly.- Gene Structure of Human ATP Synthase Beta Subunit.- Molecule and Gene of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius ATPase.- Nuclear Genes Encoding Two Subunits of Human Mitochondrial Cytochrome bc1 Complex, Cytochrome c1 and Ubiquinone-Binding Protein: Their Structural Organization of the 5?-Flanking Regions and Chromosomal Localization.- Studies on the Function of the Mitochondrial Hinge Protein: Molecular Genetic Approach Using Yeast as a Model System.- Molecular Evolution and Biology of Human Mitochondrial DNA.- III. Mitochondrial Pathology.- Stable and Unstable Bioenergetics in Vivo.- Regulation of Activity and Tissue-Specific Expression of Cytochrome c Oxidase Genes under Normal and Pathological Conditions.- Mitochondrial DNA Mutations as an Etiology of Human Degenerative Diseases.- Mitochondrial Myopathies: Morphological Approach to Molecular Abnormalities.- S1 Nuclease Analysis and Direct Sequencing of Deleted Mitochondrial DNA in Myopathic Patients: Role of Directly Repeated Sequences in Deletion.- Thirty Years of Mitochondrial Pathophysiology: From Luft's Disease to Oxygen Toxicity.- Participants.- Author Index.