678 



Subject Index 



Chlorocruorin 505 



Chlorophyll 586, 587, 591, 609, 610, 616 

 biogenesis of 642-649 

 relationship with hacm 212 

 sensitizing action of 61 1 

 synthesis of 212 

 Chlorophyll-protein complex 409 

 Chloroplasts 213 

 enzymes in 41 1-4 12 

 incorporation of radioactive glycine into 



406 

 ribonucleic acid content of 408 

 Cholesterol, in various animal phyla 509 

 Chondrites, chemical elements in 28 



radioactivity in 24 

 Chordata, lipids and sterols in 508, 509 

 Chromatium vinosum 522 

 Chromium, in blood 80 

 Chromosomes 337 

 Chymotrypsin 289, 492 



anificial nucleoproteins made with 499 

 effect of ribonucleic acid 471 

 proteolytic activity associated with 498-499 

 Chymotrypsinogen 237, 238 

 CitruUine 542, 551, 578 

 Citrus fruits, metabolism in 565, 566 

 Clostridium 544, 561, 594, 595, 596, 600, 602 

 Clostridium butylicum 586 

 Clostridium kluyverii 348 

 Clostridium pasteurianum 551, 552 

 Clostridium perjringens 585, 325, 326 

 Clostridium butylicum 597 

 Clostridium welchi 557-558 

 Clupea harengus 249 



Coacervates 441, 484, 491, 493-494, 579- 

 580, 652, 654, 656 

 enzymes in 429-431 

 formation of 493-494 

 lipoproteins in formation of 471 

 long range forces in 393 

 nucleic acids in 493-494 

 preparation of 428-429 

 relationship with enzymes 466-469 

 sorption of enzymes by 467 

 Coal, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Cocarboxylase, synthesis of 286 

 Coelenterata, lipids and sterols in 508, 509 

 Coenzyme A 586, 643 

 Cold resistant enzymes 567 

 Coli-aerogenes group 596, 597, 600 

 Collagen 336 



amino acids in 236 

 formation of 47 

 Collenia Walcotta 34 



Complex compounds, activation of by 

 adsorption 272-273 

 aggravation theory of 266 

 entropy differences in formation of 272 

 enzyme models and 263-274 

 hydrogen peroxide in 264, 270 

 in relation to enzymes 263-274 



Condensing enzymes 588 



Configuration 396 



Convergence, biochemical 507 



Copper, catalytic activity of, energy in- 

 volved 271 

 oxidase activity of 269 



Copper compounds, catalase-like activity 

 of 264-267 



Corals, amino acids in 225 



Conicosteroids 514 



Corticotropin 246 



amino acids in 235, 236, 243 



Corycium 79 



Corydalis ochotensis 578 



Corynebacterium 332 



Corynebacterium diphtheriae 225-226, 325, 

 326 



Cosmic rays, influence on origin of life 

 107-108, 114 



Coupling, chemosynthetic path of 614 



Coupling mechanisms 441-442 



Coxsackievirus 316 



Crab nebula 107-108 



Crossopterygian fish, amino acids in 227 



Crustacea, lipids in 508 



Cryohydric forces 392, 393 



Cyclophorase 411-413 



Cypridina 622 



Cysteine, effect on synthesis of glutathione 



575 



effect of on methionine Sli-^TJ 



in neurospora crassa 573, 574 



transformation of to methionine 573 

 Cystine, compounds formed from 625 



in plants 410 



peptide bonds in 233 

 Cytidine diphosphate 347 

 Cytidine monophosphate 346 

 Cytidine triphosphate 354 

 Cytidylic acid, in bacteria 324, 326, 328 

 Cytochrome 603 



effect of light on 607 



evolution of 559-560 



in bacteria 588 



in microbes 628 



in nitrate reduction 557, 558, 559 

 Cytochrome c, amino acids in 242 



in different species 242 

 Cytochrome oxidase 565-566 



affinity for oxygen 564, 567 



effect of envirormient on 570 



in animal metabolism 569-570 



in plant metabolism 564, 566, 567, 568 

 Cytochrome-oxidase system 462 

 Cytoplasm 359,,463 

 Cytosine, in bacteria 324, 325, 328 



DDT 202 

 Decarboxylase 166 

 Dehydrogenases, models of 273 



