Chemistry and biology of pteridines and folates 1997 : proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Pteridines and Folates, Berchtesgaden, Germany, June 15-20, 1997

Part 1 Chemistry: pteridines and folates. Part 2 Antifolates: synthesis, biological effects. Part 3 Folates: A - nutrition, neural tube defect, homocysteinemia Folates B - folates in tissues, transport, binding. Part 4 Folate enzymes: A - one-carbon metabolism folate enzymes B - dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase, purine synthesis folate enzymes C - folylpolyglutamate synthetase and hydrolase, glutamyl hydrolgase, methionnine synthase, dihydropteroate synthase. Part 5 Pteridine enzymes: A - aromatic amino acid hydroxylases pteridine enzymes B - GTP cycloydrolase I and others pteridine enzymes C - nitric oxide synthases pteridine enzymes D - molybdopterin, methanopterin, riboflavin. Part 6 Tetrahydrobiopterin: A - deficiency tetrahydrobiopterin B - effects. Part 7 Pteridines: new functions, immunology, skin.