Subject Index 



675 



Amino acids — continued 



in proteins 224-225, 227-228, 235, 409- 



411 

 in protein synthesis 219, 377, 464 

 in shells of molluscs 178 

 in silk fibroin 290 

 incorporation of 432 

 incorporation of into proteins of bio- 

 logical systems 276, 277-280 

 occurrence in Nature 224-229 

 organisation into proteins 282, 283, 285 

 original formation of 1 51-157 

 peptide bonds in 233 

 peptides formed from 257 

 sequences of, in proteins 379-380 

 stereoisomers of in protoplasm 292 

 Strecker synthesis of 129, 131-132 

 synthesis of 44, 45, 51, 184, 185, 189, 



2565 462 



ammonia in 534-539 



by electrical discharge 61, 77, 125, 128- 

 130, 151-157, 256, 282 



by light 140-149 



by radiation 623-625 



by ultraviolet light 138, 151-157, 183 

 effect of fluorocitrate on 537 



effect of Vitamin Bg deficiency of 536, 



537 

 thermal treatment of forming peptides 



257-260 

 transformations of 529, 530 

 Amino acid derivatives, polymerization of 



96 

 Amino acid oxidase, in synthesis of co- 



carboxylase 286-287 

 a-Aminoadipic acid, in maize 225 

 Amino-butyric acid, synthesis of by 

 electrical discharge 125, 128, 156, 282 

 a-Aminowobutyric acid 225 

 Aminonitriles, hydrolysis of 128, 130 

 a-Aminosuccinaldehydic acid 145 

 Ammonia, activated by ultraviolet light 

 136, 137 

 assimilation of 534, 544-553 

 excretion of 539 

 fixation in plants 548 

 formation of by supersonic vibrations 



172, 173 

 in formation of amino acids 534-539 

 in nitrogen metabolism 527 

 in primitive oceans 183 

 on planets 7 1 



organic compounds formed from 123, 

 138, 151, 154 

 Ammonium compounds, in volcanos 30,41 

 Amoeba 361 



Amylase, formation of 455-457 

 in coacervates, 429-430 

 in microsomes 456 

 pancreatic 460 



438 



Anaerobiosis, evolution to aerobiosis 585- 

 592 

 hydrogen metabolism in 593-604 

 Analogy 505-506 

 Angiotensin 243-244 

 Animal metabolism, cytochrome oxidase 



in 569-570 

 Animal world, symmetry and asymmetry 



in 175-178 

 Animals, respiration in 563, 569, 570 

 Annelida, blood pigments in 505 

 lipids in 508 

 sterols in 509 

 Anthraxolites, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Antibodies, manufacture of 216, 218 

 Antipodes, spontaneous crystallization of 



98-100 

 Aplexa hypnorum 178 

 Archaean era, petroleum in 85 

 Archaeozoic, solar radiation during 177 

 Archeogastropoda 177 

 Arginine, composition of 249 

 in plants 410 

 peptide bonds in 233 

 synthesis of 145, 195 

 synthesis of by light 142 

 Argon, from radioactive decay 29 

 Arthropoda, sterols in 509 

 Arum family 564 



Ascorbic acid, oxidation of 445-453 

 Ascorbic oxidase 564 

 Asparagine 548 



in protein synthesis 538-539 

 nitrogen in 550, 551, 552 

 Aspartase, forming aspartic acid 534 

 Aspartic acid, amide structure for peptides 

 formed from 260 

 composition of 249 

 deamination of 540, 541 

 in bacteria 226, 227 

 in haemoglobin 508 

 in plants 410 

 peptide bonds in 233 

 synthesis of 144, 192, 534, 536, 547 

 by electrical discharge 125, 156, 282 

 by light 142 

 thermal treatment of 259 

 transformation of 529, 530 

 Aspergillus niger 575, 576 

 Asphalts, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Asymmetric adsorption, resolution of race- 

 mates by I 58-161 

 Asymmetric catalysis 97, 158-166, 174, 



183 

 Asymmetric synthesis 96, 174-175 

 absolute 158-166 

 absolute under influence of circularly 



polarized light 1 01- 103 

 of organic compounds 114 

 photochemical 1 00-101 

 photochemical absolute 103 



