Page numbers followed by “f” indicate figures.
Page numbers followed by “t” indicate tables.
A box, 413
A kinase-
AAA ATPase family, 608
ABC superfamily proteins, 484f, 485, 492f, 492t
drug and toxin export by, 491–493
phospholipids and, 493–494
ABCB1. See Multidrug-
ABL kinase, 1158
ABO blood groups, 290t
ABO blood-
Ac elements. See Activator (Ac) elements
ACAT. See Acyl:cholesterol acyl transferase
Acceptor stem, 185
Accessory proteins, 805
Acetabularia, 185
Acetate, 293
citric acid cycle and, 533–535, 535f
Acetyl groups, 44
Acetylation, 45
Acetylcholine, 676, 715, 1026, 1050, 1052f, 1053, 1055
muscle contraction and, 1057–1058
Acetylcholine receptors (AChR), 1050, 1050f, 1051
nicotinic, 1057, 1058–1059, 1059f
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), 1050f, 1057
Acetyl-
AChE. See Acetylcholinesterase
Acid hydrolases, 17
Acid-
Acidic activation domains, 386
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 218, 967, 1152
ACTH. See Adrenocorticotropic hormone
Actin, 778–779
capping proteins and, 785, 785f
in contractile bundles, 807
critical concentration of, 782
cytoskeleton, 815f
filament assembly mechanisms, 786–792
filament growth, 782–784, 783f
filament turnover regulation, 784f
GTP-
intracellular movements and, 789–790, 790f
membranes linked to, 793–796, 794f
myosin steps and, 802–803
myosin V-
in myosins, 796–803
nucleation by Arp2/3 complex, 787–789, 788f
nucleation by formins, 786, 787f
polymerization of, 781–782, 782f, 789–790, 790f
structure organization, 793–796
thymosin-
toxins perturbing monomer pool, 791–792, 792f
Actin cross-
Actin structures, 778–781
Actin-
Actin-
Actin-
Action potential, 805, 1026, 1027–1028, 1027f
conduction in myelinated axons, 1043, 1043f
generation of, 1035–1037, 1059–1060, 1060f
Na+ influx and, 1034–1035
of B cells, 1128
feed-
by G proteins, 691–693
gene, during cellular differentiation, 395–396
of integrins, 963f
of mitotic CDKs, 896–897
of PKA, 701–702, 702f, 703–704
receptor, EGF, and, 736–737, 737f
of receptor proteins, 682
separase, by APC/C, 901–902
splicing, 436f
SREBP activation, cholesterol and, 765, 765f
of TLRs, 1126f
Activation domain (AD), 382, 386–387, 387f, 403f
Mediator complex and, 396–397, 397f
Activation energy, 60–61, 60f, 90, 90f
Activation loop, 730, 730f, 734–735, 883
Activation-
Activator (Ac) elements, 314
Activator proteins, 354, 359, 364
CAP, 357
histone acetylation directed by, 394–395
Activators, 384f
DNA-
functional domains, 381–383
splicing, 437–439
TPA, 77–78
Active immunization, 1089
DNA transcription, 177
serine proteases and, 92–96, 94f
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, 1045
Acylation, 288
Acyl:cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT), 764
AD. See Activation domain
ADAMTSs, 960
Adapter protein complexes (AP complexes), 641, 651–652
Adapter proteins, 741–742, 793–796, 924
Adaptive immune system, 1079, 1080, 1080f, 1087f, 1088–1089
Ig production of B cells in, 1101–1102
lymph nodes initiating, 1083f
ADCC. See Antibody-
post-
Adenosine, 701
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), 6, 6f, 514
mitochondria and, 18
mitochondrial oxidation rate and, 558
Adenosine monophosphate (AMP/cAMP), 517, 679, 699, 699f
anchoring proteins localizing effects of, 705–706
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cellular responses to rise in, 703–704, 704f
glycogen metabolism regulation by, 703f
PKA activation by, 701–702, 702f, 703–704
signal amplification and, 704
signal suppression, 706–707
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 6, 6f, 513, 514
axonal transport and, 834, 835
chloroplasts and, 18
generation of, 62–63
glycolysis regulation and demand for, 516–518
glycolytic pathway and, 516, 517f
kinesin-
mitochondria and, 18
mitochondrial protein import and, 613
myosin movement and, 800, 801f
in photosynthesis, 563
post-
proton-
synthesis of, 515f, 516, 551–559, 551f, 552f, 563
Adenylyl cyclase, 692, 699f, 700f
GPCRs activating or inhibiting, 699–707
stimulation and inhibition by receptor-
Adherens belt, 778
Adherens junctions, 796, 933, 935f
Adhesion molecules. See also Cell-
evolution of, 928–929
Adhesive interactions, 922f, 961–967
leukocyte movement and, 966–967, 966f
Adipocytes, differentiation of, 770, 771f
Adipose cells
abnormal metabolism in, 770
adenylyl cyclase and, 700f
in obesity, 770
ADP. See Adenosine diphosphate
ADPKD. See Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 655, 700–701
AE1 antiporter, 506–507
Aequorea victoria, 146
Aerobic glycolysis, 1138, 1138f
Aerobic metabolism, 519f
Aerobic oxidation, 513, 514f, 515, 533, 534f
Aerobic reactions, 63
Afferent neurons, 1028
signal sensitivity and, 683
Affinity chromatography, 111, 683–684
Aflatoxin, 1145
Agarose gels, 246
AGO2 protein, 450–451
Agonists, 683
AID. See Activation-
AIDS. See Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIRE, 1120
AKAPs. See A kinase-
Akt, 750
Alanine, 43
Alb1 gene, 396
Alcoholic fermentation, 519f
Aldehyde, 47
Algae, 4f, 22. See also Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Alleles, 224
autosomal dominant, 255
dominant, 224–225
dominant-
Allelic exclusion, 1100
Allogenic tissue transplantation, 1120
Allosteric regulation, 100–101, 518f
Allostery, 100
All-
Alpha carbon atom (Cα), 42
α1-adrenergic receptor, 692
α1-antitrypsin, 607
α2-adrenergic receptor, 692
α-SNAP, 644
Alport’s syndrome, 950
ALS. See Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Alternative pathway, 1085, 1085f
Alternative polyadenylation, 450
Alternative RNA splicing, 181–182, 182f
neurological disorders linked to, 438, 438t–439t
Alternative splicing, 304
in pre-
Alternatively spliced mRNAs, 417, 438
Alu elements, 320–321
ALV. See Avian leukosis virus
Alzheimer’s disease, 87, 88f, 763, 764f, 984
Amanita phalloides, 792
DNA information converted to, 9f
essential, 44
import against high concentration gradients, 503–504
linear arrangement of, 69–70
protein folding and sequence of, 81–82
proteins composed from, 42–45, 43f
transport across epithelia, 508–509, 508f
tRNA activation of, 188
Aminoacyl-
Aminoacyl-
Aminoglycoside antibiotics, 527
Amoeba dubia, 309
Amoebidium parasiticum, 526
AMPA receptors, 1073–1074, 1074f
Amphipathic molecules, 273
Amphiphilic, 32
Amphitelic attachment, 898, 899f
of extracellular signaling, 679
in rhodopsin signal transduction pathway, 696–697
by signal transduction pathways, 679–680
AMPPNP, 835
Amyloid precursor protein (APP), 763, 764f
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 984–986
Anaerobic metabolism, 519f
Anaerobic respiration, 515
Anaphase II, 913
Anaphase-
separase activation by, 901–902
Anchoring junctions, 932, 932f
Anchoring proteins, 705–706
Androstenone, 1067
Anemia, 795
sickle-
Aneuploid organisms, 225
Aneuploidy, 850, 909, 916, 1137
Anfinsen, Christian, 82
Angiogenesis, 1141
Angiotensin, 808
Animal cloning, 983
Anion antiporter, 506–507
Aniridia, 364
Annular phospholipids, 287, 287f
Antagonistic interactions, 1004
Antagonists, 683
Antenna complex, 563
Anterograde transport vesicles, 632
Antibiotics
resistance to, 322–323
ribosomes and, 190
Antibodies, 89, 1081, 1088–1089, 1088f. See also Immunoglobulins
antigen-
in immunoelectron microscopy, 159, 159f
monoclonal, 135–136, 136f, 144, 684, 1080, 1094
for oncoproteins, 1158
organelle-
phosphorylated peptide-
polyclonal, 144
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Antibody assays, 111–112
Antibody-
Antibody-
Anticodon, 183
in nonstandard base pairing, 186, 187f, 188
Antidepressant drugs, 1057
Antidiuretic hormone, 483
Antigen processing and presentation, 1109–1115
Antigen-
professional, 1105–1106
ABO blood group, 289–290, 290f
in antibody production process, 1128
MHCs binding, 1107–1109, 1108f
PCNA, 200
SC40 large T-
Sialyl Lewis-
Antigen-
Antigen-
Anti-
Anti-
Antiporters, 476, 502–507, 558, 1052–1054, 1053f
Antisera, 1089
Antitermination factors, 377, 377f
AP complexes. See Adapter protein complexes
AP1, 388
Apaf-
APC/C. See Anaphase-
APCs. See Antigen-
Apical Par complex, 1007
Apical surface, 24, 508, 657, 658f, 931
aPKC, 1007
Aplysia californica, 1070, 1072f
Apoptosis, 731, 751, 906, 1011
Ca2+ in, 1022
caspases in, 1015
evolutionarily conserved pathways in, 1013–1015, 1014f
genes regulating, 1163
neurons and, 1015–1017
programmed cell death through, 1012–1013, 1012f
regulation genes for, as tumor-
regulation in vertebrates, 1020–1021
signaling pathways in regulation of, 1019f
APP. See Amyloid precursor protein
Aquaporins, 286–287, 481–483, 482f
Arabidopsis thaliana, 20f, 525, 561
Argonaute protein, 448
Arp2/3 complex, 786, 787–789, 788f, 789f, 790f, 791f
ARSs. See Autonomously replicating sequences
Ascorbic acid, 951–952
Asialoglycoprotein receptor, 600, 600f
Asparagine, 44
in Ca2+ ATPase, 487f
in P-
Aspartic acid, 43
Assays, 111–114, 113f. See also specific assays
Asthma, 683
Astral microtubules, 851
Astrocytes, 985–986, 1030–1031, 1031f, 1032, 1044
gap junctions connecting, 1060
synapses and, 1049f
Asymmetric carbon atom, 34
Asymmetric cell division, 27, 903, 975, 976f, 1002f
Ataxia telangiectasia, 906
ATF6, 607
Atherosclerosis, 40, 296, 439–440, 1022
Atoms
bonding properties in biomolecules, 34t
electron structure of, 33–34
ATP. See Adenosine triphosphate
ATP synthase, 534f, 551, 551f, 553–554, 553f, 557f
protons passing through, 555–556
ATP/ADP antiporters, 558
ATP/ADP transport system, 556, 558, 558f
ATPase, 486
AAA family, 608
actin-
Ca2+, 486–489, 487f, 488f, 489f
H+/K+, 509
ATPase fold, 779
ATP-
ATR, 906
Atractylis gummifera, 558
Atractyloside, 558
and translation initiation, 191, 193
AU-
Aurora B, 899
Aurora kinase, 897
Autocrine signaling, 675f, 676, 763
Autoimmune diseases, 986, 1141. See also specific diseases
desmoglein and, 938
TNFα and, 681
Autoimmunity, 1079
Autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs), 345
Autophagic pathway, 667–669, 669f
Autophagic vesicle, 667
growth and completion, 668
nucleation of, 668
targeting and fusion, 669
Autoproteolytic cleavage, 1014
Autoradiography, 114–116, 634, 684
Autosomal dominant alleles, 255
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), 849
Autosomal recessive disorders, 255f, 621
Autosomal recessive mutations, 621
Autosomes, 341
Auxins, 969
Avian leukosis virus (ALV), 1152
Axon termini, 1027
neurotransmitter and synaptic vesicle cycling in, 1053f
synaptic vesicles in, 1049f
Axonal transport, 833–834, 834f, 835
Axoneme, 844
anterograde transport down, 835
information moving along, 1027–1028
neurofilaments in, 864