SUBJECT INDEX 



541 



pneumococcal, 9, 56, 61, 64, 190- 

 192, 226 

 antigenicity of, 59 

 esterification of, effect on re- 

 activity, 109, 124 

 "paralytic" action, on antibody 



synthesis, 60-6 1 

 persistence in host, 58-60 

 recovery from host, 61 

 resistance to host enzymes, 61, 

 58-60 

 serologically inactive. Streptococcus 



hemolyticus, 379 

 synthesis, 225-230 

 starch, glycogen, 227 

 Penicillium luteum, 166 

 Potassium 



anaphylaxis, role in, 426 

 antihistaminics, accelerative action 



on, 420 

 cardiac cycle, effect on, 429 

 liberation, in anaphylaxis, 427 

 muscle contraction, role in, 420 

 phosphorylation of pyruvate, role 

 in, 371,419 

 Precipitins (see Antibody, Agglutinin, 



Antitoxin) 

 Precursors (of enzymes) 



critical consideration of, 105-112 

 Pre-enzyme, 96, 97, 98 



as precursor of "adaptive enzyme," 



96, 97, 98 

 as a common precursor for "adaptive 

 enzymes," 102 

 Prosthetic group(s), 38, 47, 364 

 in artificial antigens, 38 

 in conjugated enzymes, 38, 364 

 as haptens, 38 

 Prostigmine, 418 

 Proteinase(s) 



"activation" by antigen-antibody re- 

 action, 439 

 "adaptive," 95 



anaphylaxis, release and role in, 

 432-441 



antibodies against, 249-261 

 antibody synthesis, role in, 92 

 Ascaris lumhricoides, 184 



anti-tryptic action of, 184 

 bacterial (immunity against), 258- 

 263 

 B. mesenterictis, 260 

 B. ■prodigiosus, 260 

 B. proteus, B. pyocyanens, B. suh- 



tilis, 258-259 

 Streptococcus pyogenes, 259-260 

 Clostridium aerofetidum, hifer- 

 mentans, hotulinum, fal- 

 lax, histolyticum, oede- 

 matis-maligni, welchii 

 Cperfringens^ , putrificum, 

 sordelli, sporogenes, 179, 

 260-263 

 digestive action on fibrinolytic fac- 

 tor, 271 

 lipids as inhibitors of, 432-435 

 serum (proteinase), as fibrinolysin, 



263-278 

 snake venom as, 290 



antibody against, 291-294 

 Proteinogen, 106 



Proteolytic enzyme(s) (see also En- 

 zymes, Proteinases) 

 action on antibody, 9 

 antibody against, 249-263, 291- 



294 

 inhibition by reaction products, 159 

 shocks, release in, 432-441 

 snake venom as, 290 

 toxin as, CI. welchii, 178 

 Protein(s) 



acylation of, 198 



antigenic specificity of, comment on, 



78-84 

 Bence-Jones, 8 



as biocatalyst, definition of, 143 

 breakdown in anaphylactic shock, 



436 

 bromo-, iodo-, phospho-, 37 

 conjugated, 84 



