Natural sulfur compounds : novel biochemical and structural aspects

Stereochemical Aspects of Transmethylations of Potential Biological Interest.- Methylase Mechanisms: Steric Constraints and Modes of Catalysis.- Adenosylmethionine as a Precursor for Nucleic Acids Modification.- Involvement of S-Adenosylmethionine in Brain Phospholipid Metabolism.- Effect of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine and S-Adenosyl-L-Homocysteine Derivatives on Protein Methylation.- The Role of S-Adenosylhomocysteine and S-Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase in the Control of Biological Methylations.- Homocysteine Biosynthesis in Plants.- Inhibition of the Synthesis of Glutathione, Glutamine and Glutamate by Certain Methionine Derivatives.- Methionine Metabolism in Developing Neural Tissue.- Antagonists of Folic Acid and Vitamin B6 in Regulation of S-Adenosylmethionine and S-Adenosylhomocysteine Content in Normal and Malignant Tissues.- Recent Studies on the Metabolism of 5'-Methylthioadenosine.- Two Different Modes of Synthesis and Transformation of Cysteine (and Related Amino Acids) by Pyridoxal-P-Dependent Lyases.- Possible Physiological Functions of Taurine in Mammalian Systems.- Cysteine Dioxygenase of Rat Liver: Some Properties and its Significance on Cysteine Metabolism of Rat..- Cysteamine Pathway of Taurine Biosynthesis.- Metabolism of Hypotaurine in Some Organs of the Rat.- Hypotaurine Oxidation by Mouse Tissues.- Sulfur Amino Acids in the Reproductive Tract of Male Guinea Pigs, Rats,Mice and Several Marine Animals.- Hypotaurine in the Reproductive Tract.- Taurine in Human Nutrition and Development.- The Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Taurine.- Taurine and Isethionate in Squid Nerve.- Taurine Biosynthesis in Ox Retina.- The Regulation and Function of Taurine in the Heart and Other Organs.- Effects of Ischemia on Taurine Levels.- Taurine Effects on Calcium Transport in Nervous Tissue.- Taurine in Retinas of Taurine Deficient Cats and RCS Rats.- Thialysine, Thiaisoleucine and Thiaproline as Inhibitors in Protein Synthesizing Systems.- Lanthionine Decarboxylation by Animal Tissues.- Sulfur Containing Nuphar Alkaloids.- Biologically Active 1,2-Dithiolane Derivatives from Mangrove Plants and Related Compounds..- Biochemical and Clinical Effects of Penicillamine and Other Thiols Used in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Cyanoepithioalkanes: Some Chemical and Toxicological Studies.- Cysteine and Glutathione in Mammalian Pigmentation.- Sulfur Compounds in Mustelids.- On the Mechanism of C-S Bonds Formation in the Biosynthesis of Biotin.- 'The Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid in the Rat.- Some Aspects of the Metabolism of Sulfur-Containing Heterocyclic Cofactors: Lipoic Acid, Biotin, and 8a-(S-L-cysteinyl) Riboflavin.- Implication of Essential Fatty Acids in Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Activation.- Stimulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism by Panteth (e) ine.- Effects of a Hypolipidemic Drug (Clofibrate) on the Biosynthesis and Degradation of CoA in Rat Liver.- Clinical Chemistry of Mercaptopyruvate and its Metabolites.- Spectral Properties of Persulfide Sulfur in Rhodanese.- Biochemistry of Thiocystine.- Subcellular Compartmentation and Biological Functions of Mercaptopyruvate Sulphurtransferase and Rhodanese.- Semisynthetic Cephalosporins. III. Synthesis and Structure Activity Relationships of Novel Orally Active 7-[4-Hydroxy- 3-(Substituted Methyl)Phenyl]- ceta-mido-3-Cephem-4-Carboxylic Acids.- Ambiguities in the Enzymology of Sulfur-Containing Compounds.- Contributors.