Index 



Acclimatization to high altitudes, 122 

 Acetate metabolism, 133, 138 



in porphyrin biosynthesis, 244 



in rubber biosynthesis, 23 



in steroid biosynthesis, 85 



in terpine biosynthesis, 23 

 Acetoacetic acid, in amino acid bio- 

 synthesis, 32 



in cholesterol biosynthesis, 23 



in rubber biosynthesis, 23 

 Acetoacetyl coenzyme A, 134 



metabolism in liver, 138 

 Acetobacter suboxidans, 183, 187, 193 

 Acetohydroxamic acid, 134 

 Acetone in rubber biosynthesis, 23 

 Acetyl coenzyme A, 133, 135, 136, 109 

 Acetylenes, 4 

 Acetylsulfanilamide in synthesis of 



peptide bonds, 109 

 Active succinate, 249, 254, 256 

 Acyl enzyme, 117 

 Adenosine triphosphate, 133, 137, 219 



in synthesis of glutamine, 110 



in synthesis of 7-glutamylcystine, 

 110 



in synthesis of peptides, 106, 108, 

 110, 114 

 Adenylic acid, 225 

 Adenylosuccinic acid, 225 

 Adipose tissue as energy store, 305 

 Adrenal cortex, 86 

 Aerobacter aerogenes, 191, 193 

 Agrocybin, 4, 8 



L-Alanyl-L-phenylalaninamide, 115, 116 

 Aldolase, 112 



Allocholesterol, 310 



Alloxan, 137 



Amino acid, activation of, 111 



clustering of, in peptides, 288 



free, in cells, 113 



in T 3 , 96 



incorporation of, 111 



sequence in peptides, 270 

 a-Amino-/3-ketoadipic acid, 249, 253 

 5-Aminolevulinic acid, 250 

 Aminophorase-glutamic dehydrogenase, 



176 

 Ammonia, detoxication of, 226 

 /3-Amylase, attack on glycogen, 293, 

 304 



amylo-(l,4 -> l,6)-transglucosidase, 

 303 

 Amylo-l,6-glucosidase, 293 

 Amylopectin, 293 

 Androgens, 90 



Antigen, glutamylpeptide as, 63 

 Antitumor agents, 82, 129 

 Apoferritin, 200 



amino acid composition of, 203 

 Arginine, 219, 223 



metabolism of, 216 

 Argininosuccinic acid, 220 

 Aromatic compounds, biosynthesis of, 



259 

 Ascorbic acid as inducing agent, 101 

 Asparagine, 228 

 Aspartic acid, 225, 230 

 Asymmetric synthesis, 156 

 Axis of symmetry, 161 

 8-Azaguanine, 128 



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