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Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Abhijit Chakrabarti

    1. Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India

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  2. Avadhesha Surolia

    1. Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

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  • Comprehensive critical reviews and original research papers from the 10th International Symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules
  • Provides an in-depth analysis of cell surface macromolecules in cellular function
  • Aimed at graduate students and researchers, but also appropriate for upper level undergraduates
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 842)

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Consists of critical reviews and original research papers from the 2014 International Symposium on the "Biochemical Role of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules". Topics covered include: · neurochemical and biochemical analysis of cell surface glycoconjugates · membrane skeletal organization · GPCRs and other receptors · biophysical approaches to study membrane interactions · glycoconjugate metabolism · dysregulation · molecular mechanisms involved in cell-cell and cell-matrix interaction · glycans in infectious and neurological diseases · cancer and glycosyltransferases as drug targets.

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Human-Specific Evolutionary Changes in the Biology of Siglecs

    • Flavio Schwarz, Jerry J. Fong, Ajit Varki
    Pages 1-16

  3. Structural Changes of GPI Anchor After Its Attachment to Proteins: Functional Significance

    • Taroh Kinoshita
    Pages 17-25

  4. Novel Insights in Membrane Biology Utilizing Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching

    • Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Md. Jafurulla
    Pages 27-40

  5. Defects in Erythrocyte Membrane Skeletal Architecture

    • Avik Basu, Abhijit Chakrabarti
    Pages 41-59

  6. Membrane Rafts in the Erythrocyte Membrane: A Novel Role of MPP1p55

    • Aleksander F. Sikorski, Joanna Podkalicka, Walis Jones, Agnieszka Biernatowska
    Pages 61-78

  7. Immuno-Modulatory Role of Porins: Host Immune Responses, Signaling Mechanisms and Vaccine Potential

    • Sanica C. Sakharwade, G. V. R. Krishna Prasad, Arunika Mukhopadhaya
    Pages 79-108

  8. Vibrio cholerae Cytolysin: Structure–Function Mechanism of an Atypical β-Barrel Pore-Forming Toxin

    • Anand Kumar Rai, Kausik Chattopadhyay
    Pages 109-125

  9. New Vis-Tas in Lactosylceramide Research

    • Subroto Chatterjee, Sumita Mishra, Sara Kimiko Suzuki
    Pages 127-138

  10. Plasma Membrane-Associated Sialidase Confers Cancer Initiation, Promotion and Progression

    • Taeko Miyagi, Kohta Takahashi, Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Masahiro Hosono
    Pages 139-145

  11. A Signal with a Difference: The Role of GPI Anchor Signal Sequence in Dictating Conformation and Function of the Als5 Adhesin in Candida albicans

    • Mohammad Faiz Ahmad, Pareeta Gajraj Mann, Sneha Sudha Komath
    Pages 147-163

  12. Novel Chondroitin Sulfate Oligosaccharide Motifs as Biomarkers: Insights into Their Involvement in Brain Development

    • Kazuyuki Sugahara
    Pages 165-183

  13. Role of Hyaluronidases in the Catabolism of Chondroitin Sulfate

    • Shuhei Yamada
    Pages 185-197

  14. Pattern Recognition in Legume Lectins to Extrapolate Amino Acid Variability to Sugar Specificity

    • Nisha Jayaprakash Grandhi, Ashalatha Sreshty Mamidi, Avadhesha Surolia
    Pages 199-215

  15. Conformational Dynamics of Oligosaccharides Characterized by Paramagnetism-Assisted NMR Spectroscopy in Conjunction with Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    • Ying Zhang, Takumi Yamaguchi, Tadashi Satoh, Maho Yagi-Utsumi, Yukiko Kamiya, Yoshitake Sakae et al.
    Pages 217-230

  16. Characterization of Cholesterol Crystalline Domains in Model and Biological Membranes Using X-Ray Diffraction

    • R. Preston Mason, Robert F. Jacob
    Pages 231-245

  17. Role of Lipid-Mediated Effects in β2-Adrenergic Receptor Dimerization

    • Xavier Prasanna, Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Durba Sengupta
    Pages 247-261

  18. Effect of Temperature on the Phase Behaviour of Fully Saturated DAPC Lipid Bilayer: A Comparative Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

    • Ipsita Basu, Chaitali Mukhopadhyay
    Pages 263-277

  19. Biophysical Characterization of the Interaction of O-acylcholines with the Major Bovine Seminal Plasma Protein, PDC-109

    • Rajani S. Damai, Pradip K. Tarafdar, Bhanu Pratap Singh, S. Thirupathi Reddy, Musti J. Swamy
    Pages 279-292

  20. Crystal Structure of Apo and Ligand Bound Vibrio cholerae Ribokinase (Vc-RK): Role of Monovalent Cation Induced Activation and Structural Flexibility in Sugar Phosphorylation

    • Rakhi Paul, Madhumita Dandopath Patra, Udayaditya Sen
    Pages 293-307
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India

    Abhijit Chakrabarti

  • Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

    Avadhesha Surolia

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules

  • Editors: Abhijit Chakrabarti, Avadhesha Surolia

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11280-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11279-4Published: 03 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37949-4Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11280-0Published: 18 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 411

  • Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Carbohydrate Chemistry, Membrane Biology

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