680 



Subject Index 



Enzymes — continued 

 control of by genes 248 

 cyclophorase system in 411-413 

 definition of 197 

 effect of light on 607 

 effect of nucleic acids on 475-478 

 evolution of 207-214 

 flavine 563, 564 

 fore runners of 198-204 

 formation of 43-44, 45, 458 

 catalysis in 198, 201 

 in nucleus 463-464 

 genetic fixation of 204-205 

 importance of 161 

 inactivation of 466 

 in amino acid biosynthesis 529, 530 

 in bacteria 632 

 in coacervates 429-431 

 in plant metabolism 563 

 in nitrate reduction 555, 560 

 in nitrogen metabolism 545 

 in protein biosynthesis 434-436 

 in sulphate reduction 555, 560 

 in uricolysis 512 

 in viruses 197 

 induced 203 

 models of and complex compounds 263- 



274 

 nitrogen fixation with 560 

 origin of 197, 206, 291, 339-34i> 650, 



651 

 originally formed, genetic fixing of 204 

 oxidation of ascorbic acid by 447-450 

 pyridoxal 529, 530 



effect on amino acids 531-532 



in porphyrin biogenesis 532-534 

 relationship with coacervates 466-469 

 relationship with genes 463 

 sorption of by coacervates 467 

 synthesis of ribopolynucleotides 344- 



356 



Enzymic activity, in protein synthesis 377 



of proteins 369 

 Enzymic coupling 441 

 Enzymic reactions in open systems 444- 



454 

 Enzymoids, synthesis of 147 

 Eobients 78 

 Ergostcrol, complexes formed from 472, 



473-475 

 Erwinia carotovora 325, 326 

 Escherichia coli 210, 332, 347, 348, 458, 556, 

 586, 589, 600, 601 

 deoxyribonucleic acid content of 323, 



324, 325, 326, 328, 329, 332-333 

 nucleic acids in 300 



ribonucleic acid content of 323, 324, 



325, 326, 329 

 Esterase 166 



Etiolated plants, structural elements of 

 cells of 404 



Evolution 79, 82, 369 



accelerating the tempo of 496-497 



heteromorphic 507 



of biochemical constituents 504-510 



of biochemical systems 510-514 



of chain processes 579-580 



of chemosynthesis 614, 626-633 



of metabolism, in microorganisms 516- 



525 

 of oxidative systems 562-571 

 organic molecular, order of formation of 



42 

 rate of in Man 223 

 thermodynamic aspects of 418-427 



Feed-back 492 



Fermentation processes 594-596, 597 

 Fibroin, amino acids in 236 

 Fischer-Tropsch reaction 131 

 Flavine enzymes 563, 564, 565-566 

 Flavoproteins 560, 564, 565, 586 

 Flucti ds 438 

 Fluctoid 438 



Fluorine, in metabolism 80 

 Fluorocitrate, effect on amino acid syn- 

 thesis 536, 537 

 Forces, types of interparticulate 392, 393, 



394 

 Fore-protein, origin of 189-195 

 Formaldehyde, amino acids formed from 



151 



formation of by electrical discharge 184 

 by supersonic vibrations 173 



in ocean 183 

 Formamide, formed by ultraviolet light 137 

 Formate decomposition 600-601 

 Formic acid, synthesis of 125, 132, 624 

 Fossils, amino acids in 80, 227, 241 

 Fructicicola lantzi 178 

 Fusus antiquus 177 



//-Galactosidase, formation of 458 

 Galaxies, supernovae in 108 

 Galionella 629 

 Gallus domesticus 249 

 Gas deposits, space distribution of 86-87 

 Gases, activated by supersonic vibrations 

 172, 173 



activated by ultraviolet light 136, 137 



formation of, in primaeval earth 57-61, 

 62, 64 

 Gelatine, amino acids in 236 

 Genes 463 



chemical nature of 107 



duplication of 217, 218 



nature of 313-320 



relationship with enzymes 463 



relationship with viruses 317, 319, 372, 

 373 



