688 



Subject Index 



Protein(s) — continued 



deoxyribonucleic acid in 363-366 



enzymic activity in 377, 379 



from amino acids 464 



from inactive precursors 247-248 



in bacterial cells 406 



in mitochondria 497-498 



in pancreatic amylase 455-456 



nucleic acids in 219, 363-366 



ribonucleic acid in 363-367, 376, 377, 



379 

 role of chloroplasts 404-405 

 role of coacervates 468 

 role of mitochondria 462 

 Protein complexes, and enzymes 472-473 



as biochemically active systems 470-478 



fibrillar, formation of 494-495 



formation of 470 



formed from egg albumin 472 

 Protein enzymes 563 

 Protein-lipid complexes 472 

 Protein-sterol complexes 472 

 Protein structures, catalytic 290-291 

 Proteus morganii 325, 327 

 Proteus vulgaris 325, 326, 327 

 Protochlorophyll 610 

 Protoplanets 67, 68, 109 

 Protoplasm 400 



amino acids in 292 



compounds preliminary to 140-150 



optical activity of 115,291-292 



primaeval, dissymmetry in 96-98 

 Protoplasts 432 



assimilation of phosphate into 433-434 



protein nitrogen in 435 



respiration of 432, 433 

 Protozoa, lipids in 508 

 Psalliota campestris 564 

 Pseudomonas 629, 630, 631 

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 325, 326, 332 

 Pseudomonas fluor escens 588 

 Pseudomonas saccharophila 336 

 Purine bases, in bacteria 324, 325, 328 

 Purine nucleotides, in bacteria 324, 326, 



328 

 Purines, formation of 51 

 Pyridine, reduction of 647 

 Pyrimidinc bases, in bacteria 324, 325, 328 

 Pyrimidine nucleotides, in bacteria 324, 



326, 328 

 Pyridoxal enzymes 529 



effect on amino acids 53i~532 



in porphyrin biogenesis 532-534 

 Pyrophosphate 185 



effect on ribonucleic acid in tobacco 

 mosaic virus 305 

 Pyrosynthesis 650 

 Pyruvate, amination of 536 



Quartz, absolute asymmetric syntheses on 

 161, 164, 165 



as catalyst for asymmetric syntheses 97 

 asymmetric catalysis with 174 

 dissymmetry in 176 



Rabbits, cystine and methionine in 573- 



574 

 Racematcs, asymmetrical decomposition of 



lOI 



resolution of 174-175 



by asymmetric adsorption 1 58-161 

 Radiation, effect on amino acids 145-149 



in formation of atmosphere 1 70-1 71 

 Radiation damage, protective agents 622- 



623 

 Radioactive heating 12, 24, 27, 35, 115 

 Radioactivity, in primaeval earth 12, 55, 



57,64,73, 115 

 Rats, methionine and cystine in 573-574 

 Reductase 162, 166 



Reproduction, as criterion of hfe 106, 118 

 Reptiles, in Mesozoic age 108 

 Resonance, theory of 221-222 

 Respiration 562-563 



evolution of 557, 559-560 



in bacteria 589 



in plants 562, 563, 564, 568 

 Retinene 621 

 Retinin 513 

 Rhodopseudomonas 544 

 Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa 521 

 Rhodopsin 513, 621 

 Rhodospirrillum 544 

 Rhodospirillum rubrum 594 

 Ribonuclease 289, 290 



action of enzymes 347 



effect on amylase 455 



in protein synthesis 364 

 Ribonucleic acid, as substitute for deoxy- 

 ribonucleic acid 359 



biosynthesis of 581 



changes in plants 408 



combination with urease 499 



effect on chymotrypsin 471 



effect on proteinases 471 



in Azotobacter agile 323, 324, 325 



in bacteria 322, 323-330 



in enzyme formation 458 



in Escherichia coli 323, 324, 325 



in protein synthesis 363-367, 376, 377, 

 379, 461 



in silk fibroin 379-380 



in tobacco mosaic virus 304, 350-351, 

 495 > 496 



instability of 304-305 



stereochemistry of 352 



synthesis of 48, 50, 362 

 Ribopolynucleotidcs, enzymic synthesis of 



344-356 

 Ring formation, in complex compounds 

 266 



