Fringeli, The Structure of Lipids and Proteins Studied by Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Infra­ red Spectroscopy

Volume 32 c Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 1977

C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 1/ 2 Original Communications

H. Zehner, E. Westhof, W. Flossmann, and A. Müller, Formation of H-Addition Radicals in Adenine Deriva­

tives: Part I I ...

U. F. Thomanek, F. Parak, and B. Wintergerst, The Active Center of Methemoglobin Hb(H20) Investi­

gated by Mössbauer and Susceptibility Experiments . U. P. Fringeli, The Structure of Lipids and Proteins Studied by Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Infra­

red Spectroscopy. II. Oriented Layers of a Homologous Series: Phosphatidylethanolamine to Phosphatidyl­

choline ...

W. Steglich, A. Thilmann, H. Besl, and A. Bresinsky, Pigments of Fungi, 29. 2,5-Diarylcyclopentane-l,3- diones from Chamonixia caespitosa (Basidiomycetes)

(In G e r m a n ) ...

B. V. Burger, Maritha le Roux, C. F. Garbers, H. S.

C. Spies, R. C. Bigalke, K. G. R. Pachler, P. L. Wes­

sels, V. Christ, and K. H. Maurer, Studies on Mam­

malian Pheromones, II. Further Compounds from the Pedal Gland of the Bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas d o r c a s )... ... . H. Röper, Analytical Investigations of the Defensive Secretion from Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)

(In G e r m a n ) ...

H. Röper and K. Heyns, Trace Analysis of p-Benzo- quinone- and Hydroquinone Derivatives by Gas- Liquid Chromatography and Gas-Liquid Chromato- graphy/Mass-Spectrometry. Identification of Defensive Secretion Components from European Julids (In Ger­

man) ...

H. Schiechl, Preparative Isolation of Protein III of the Human Erythrocyte Membrane (In German) . . . 0. Oster and G. Buchlow, Purification of Histone F3 by Covalent C hro m atog raphy...

H.-J. Lach and P. Böger, Isolation and Some Molecular Properties of Plastidic Algal Cytochrome b-559 . . W. Trowitzsch and H. Sahm, On Amino Acid Antago­

nists: /^-Diketoesters and Their Corresponding y-Enol- ethers (In G e rm a n )...

G. Dietz, Chr. Woenckhaus, R. Jaenicke, and I. Schu­

ster. Modification of Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate De­

hydrogenase from Rabbit Skeletal Muscle by [3-(3- Bromoacetylpyridinio) -propyl] -Adenosine Pyrophospha­

te (In G e r m a n ) ...

R. K. Sinha, P. Talapatra, A. Mitra, and S. Mazumdar, Renaturation of Alkali-Denatured T7 DNA Molecules Coinplexed with Ethidium B r o m i d e ...

H. W. Heger and H. W. Peter, Effects of Phospho­

lipids in the Action of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase from Rat L i v e r ...

F. J. Fehrenbach and H. Eibl, Interaction of Strepto- lysin-0 with Natural and Artificial Membranes . . . 1. Fry, G. Papageorgiou, E. Tel-Or, and L. Packer, Re­

constitution of a System for H2 Evolution with Chloro- plasts, Ferredoxin, and H ydrogenase...

G. H. Schmid, H. List, and A. Radunz, Inhibition of Photosystem II-Reactions in Blue-Green Algae by the Antisera to Lutein and N e o x a n th in ...

K. G. Götz and S. Götz, Normal Development of the Fruitfly Drosophila in VLF Magnetic Fields (In Ger­

man) ...

Contents

Notes

D. W. Lübbers, N. Opitz, P. P. Speiser, and H. J. Bis­

son, Nanoencapsulated Fluorescence Indicator Mole­

cules Measuring pH and p 02 Down to Submicroscopi- cal Regions on the Basis of the Optode-Principle . . 133 1 J. G. R. Elferink, Fluorescence and Membrane-Action

of T etraca in e... 135 W. Ch. Choi and W. Nagl, Ribosome Crystals in the 11 Oocyte of Gerris najas (H eteroptera)...137

B. Sprey, G. Gliem, and A. G. S. Janossy, Changes in the Iron and Phosphorus Content of Stroma Inclusions during Etioplast-Chloroplast Development in Nicotiana 138 K. Burger and R. Süßmuth, Prophage Induction by 20 Alkylating Ethyl M ethylam inosulfonate...140

C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 3/ 4 46 Original Communications

K. Atallah, P. Rauschenbach, H. Simon, F. Berthold, and W. Kolbe, Determination of the Liquid Scintil­

lation Counting Efficiency of 3H and/or 14C Labelled Samples Independently of the Degree of Colour and/or

^g Chemical Q u e n c h in g ... 143 J. Rieser, A. Höckendorf, G. Abou-Elenien, and K.

Wallenfels, Chemical and Biochemical Characterization of a-Benzyl-a-bromo-malononitrile (BBMD) as Oxi­

dizing Agent (In G e r m a n ) ... 150 Ch. Giese, K. D. Spindler, and H. Emmerich, The Solu­

bility of Insect Juvenile Hormone in Aqueous Solutions and Its Adsorption by Glassware and Plastics . . . 158 K.-U. Sewe and R. Reich, The Effects of Molecular ßj Polarization on the Electrochromisms of Carotenoids.

II. Lutein-Chlorophyll Complexes: The Origin of the

^ Field-Indicating Absorption-Change at 520 nm in the Membranes of Photosynthesis...161 1 21 . H--U. Meisch, J. A. Schmitt, and W. Reinle, Heavy

Metals, in Higher Fungi. Cadmium, Zinc, and Copper _j 0 n G e r m a n ) ... 172

Y.‘ Solberg, Studies on the Chemistry of Lichens, XVI.

Chemical Investigation of the Lichen Species Alectoria yg ocliroleuca, Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. pulvinatum

and lemadophila ericedorum... 182 H. Kneifei, I. Rolle, and B. Paschold, Amines of Uni­

cellular Green Algae, III. Identification of Homologues of Spermidine in the Green Alga Scenedesmus acutus g5 276-3a (In German) ... 190

H. P. Siebertz and E. Heinz, Labelling Experiments on the Origin of Hexa- and Octa-decatrienoic Acids in 93 Galactolipids from L e a v e s ... 193

M. Ilyas, O. Seligmann, and H. Wagner, Biflavones from the Leaves of Araucaria rulei F. Muell. and a QY Survey on Biflavanoids of the Araucaria Genus . . 206

A. Geller and J. Berghäuser, The Preparation of Three Dehydrogenases and Two Kinases from Pig Heart by a Single Procedure (In Germ an)... 210 A. Schmidt, Protein-Catalyzed Isotopic Exchange Re­

action between Cysteine and Sulfide in Spinach Leaves 219 HO G. F. Wildner and J. Henkel, Temperature Dependent

Conformation Changes of Ribulose-l,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase Studied by the Use of l-Anilino-8^-naph- 118 thalene Sulfonate ... 226

G. Kahl and M. Wechselberger, Activation of Chroma- tin-Bound DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (E.C.

125 2.7.7.6) in Plant Storage Tissue S l i c e s ...229

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IV Contents H. K. Lichtenthaler and H. K. Kleudgen, Effect of the

Herbicide San 6706 on Biosynthesis of Photosynthetic Pigments and Prenylquinones in Raphanus and in Hordeum S e e d lin g s ... 236 H. Hanauske-Abel and V. Günzler, Inhibition of Hu­

man Prolyl Hydroxylase as Common Biochemical De­

nominator of the Non-Sedative Effects of Thalidomide in M a n ...241 J. Hoshino, U. Kühne, B. Filjak, and H. Kröger, Re­

gulation and Characterization of L-Serine: Pyruvate Aminotransferase in Rat Liver Cytosol and Mitochon­

dria ...249 K. Kaminski, Photosynthetic Control in Chloroplasts Suspensions Frozen in Liquid Nitrogen in the Presence of Glycerol ... 254 D. Hoffmann, R. Thauer, and A. Trebst, Photosynthe­

tic Hydrogen Evolution by Spinach Chloroplasts Coupled to a Clostridium H ydrogenase...257 Chr. Giersch, A Kinetic Model for Translocators in the Chloroplast Envelope as an Element of Computersimu­

lation of the Dark Reaction of Photosynthesis . . . 263 G. H. Schmid, A. Radunz, and W. Menke, Localization and Function of Cytochrome f in the Thylakoid Mem­

brane ...271 F.-U. Beil, D. von Chak, W. Hasselbach, and H.-H.

Weber, Competition between Oxalate and Phosphate during Active Calcium Accumulation by Sarcoplasmic Vesicles ...281 Notes

H. Stocker and H. Wanner, Long Chain Alkanes and Alcohols from the Leaf Waxes of Different Coffea Spe­

cies (In G e r m a n ) ... 288 D. J. Robeson and J. B. Harborne, Pisatin as a Major Phytolexin in L a t h y r u s...289 R. Reinhardt and R. Hansel, X-Ray Structure of Two Naturally Occuring Cinnamylidene-butenolides . . 290 Y. Solberg, Studies on the Chemistry of Lichens, XV.

New Synthetic Nitrogen-Derivatives of Pulvinic Acid . 292 G...Seibert, B. Schöbel, and R. K. Zahn, The Separa­

tion of High and Low Molecular Weight RNA by Pre­

cipitation with N-Cetyl-N,N,N-trimethyl-ammonium- b ro m id e ... 294 A. Brennicke and H. D. Frey, Properties of an Adeno­

sine Cyclic Phosphates Degrading Enzyme in Nico- tiana tabacum L. var. X a n t h i...297 B. Frenzel, O. R. Kaaden, and M. Mussgay, Purifica­

tion of a Glycoprotein from Bovine Leukemia Virus ( B L V ) ...301 R. Riehl, Paracristalline Bodies in Young Oocytes of the Loach, Neomacheilus barbatulus (L.) (Teleostei, Cobitidae) (In G e r m a n ) ...305 E. Schulte and R. Riehl, Electron Microscopical Stu­

dies of Olfactory Organ of Ophicephalus (Channa) ob- scurus (GUENTHER, 1861 (Teleostei, Ophicephali- dae) (In G e r m a n ) ... 307 L.-J. Adam, H. Dahmen, and P. Fastrich, Oscillatory Nervous Response and Transient Vibration (Ear of Locusta migratoria Acrididae, I n s e c t a ) ... 309 J. Haupt, Preliminary Report on the Mating Behaviour of the Primitive Spider Heptathela kimurai (Kishida)

(Araneae, Liphistiomorphae) ...312 C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 5/ 6

Original Communications

W. Wray and K. G. Wagner, 13C NMR Investigations on the Stacking of 5'-AMP with Tryptamine . . . 315

H. Harms, W. Dehnen, and W. Mönch, Benzo(a)pyrene Metabolites Formed by Plant C e lls ... 321 H. Kayser, Metabolites of /?,/?-Carotene in the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus Br.: Compounds with 2-One and 3,4-Didehydro-2-one S tru c tu re ... 327 W. Kordel and F. Schneider, Identification of Essential Histidine Residues of Aminoacylase by Photooxidation and by Reaction with Diethylpyrocarbonate . . . . 337 W. Kordel and F. Schneider, Renal Aminoacylase, a Zinc E n z y m e ... 342 W. Löffelhardt, The Biosynthesis of Phenylacetic Acids in the Blue-Green Alga Anacystis nidulans: Evidence for the Involvement of a Thylakoid-Bound L-Amino Acid O x id a s e ... 345 R. Liideritz and J.-H. Klemme, Isolation and Charac­

terization of a Membrane-Bound Pyruvate Dehydro­

genase Complex from the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum (In G e rm a n )... 351 S. Fernandez-Bermudez, J. Loboda-Cackovic, H.

Cackovic, and R. Hosemann, Structure of Cerebro- sides. I. Phrenosine at 23 °C and 66 ° C ...362 H. Bleuel, G. Wiedner, and D. Schubert, Variability of Conductivity Changes in Black Phosphatidylserine Membranes Induced by Proteins from Erythrocyte Membranes ... 375 R. T. C. Huang,, Transfer of Glycolipid between Mem­

branes of Tissue Culture Cells, Using Dansylcerebro- side as a M o d e l ... 379 H. Craubner, F. Koenig, and G. H. Schmid, Molecular Weight and the Dodecyl Sulphate Binding of a Thyla­

koid Membrane Polypeptide Involved in a Reaction on the Oxygen-Evolving Side of Photosystem II . . . 384 G. Harnischfeger and R. Schopf, A Fluorescence Meth­

od for Measuring the Retention of Coupling Factor (CF,) in Reconstitution Experiments of Photophos­

phorylation ... 392 R. Schopf and G. Harnischfeger, Studies on the Reten­

tion of CFj with or without Induced ATPase Activity by Pyrophosphate Treated Thylakoids and Its Relation to the Regeneration of Photophosphorylation . . . 398 O. Schmut, H. Katschnig, and M. Zirm, Investigations of Body Fluids with Low Protein Content by the Com­

bination of Micro-Disc-Electrophoresis and Electro­

immunodiffusion (In G e r m a n ) ... 405 G. Brandner and M.-S. Cho, African Green Monkey Fibroblast Actin Morphology during SV40 Infection . 409 S. Erhan, L. D. Greller, and B. Rasco, Evolution of the Transfer RNA M o le c u le ... 413 J.-P. Liautard, D. Tromm, and K. Köhler, Isolation of Messenger Ribonucleoproteins from HeLa Cells by Affinity Chromatography on Poly (U) Sepharose . . 419 A. R. Trim, J. R. O. Dawson, P. E. Dickerson, F.

Sakai, J. W. Watts, W. Hirst, and R. A. Cox, A Method for the Purification of Large Quantities of Bio­

logically Active Ribonucleic Acid Components from Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus, a Multicomponent Plant V i r u s ... 424 A. Taketo, Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Viral Nucleic Acid, X II. Ca2+- or Ba2+-Facilitated Transfec­

tion of Cell Envelope M u t a n t s ... 429 P. Mascheck, Kl. Scheller, and P. Karlson, Changes in Gene Expression during Larval Development of Calli- phora vicina Induced by Ecdysterone...434 K. Kirschfeld and B. Lutz, The Spectral Sensitivity of the Ocelli of Calliphora ( D ip te r a ) ... 439

Contents V Notes

P. Fähnrich and L. Chenaux, Studies on Carotenoids in Gametangia and Spores of Allomyces arbuscula

(In G e r m a n ) ...

Mohamed A. El-Ansari, Moheb S. Ishak, Ahmed A.

Amed, and Nabiel A. M. Saleh, Flavonol Glycosides of Carya pecan and Casuarina equisetifolia...

J. L. Ingham and P. M. Dewick, Isoflavonoid Phyto­

alexins from Leaves of Trifolium arvense...

J. L. Ingham, Medicarpin as a Phytoalexin of the Genus M e lilo tu s...

K. Dettner and G. Schwinger, High 3-Indoleacetic Acid- and Phenylacetic Acid Concentrations in the Pygi- dial Glands of Water Beetles (Ditiscidae) (In German) P.-J. Enzmann and H. Rehberg, The Structural Com­

ponents of Hog Cholera V i r u s ...

H. Schwarz, H.-J. Thiel, and W. Schafer, Spontaneous Leukemia of AKR Mice. Successful Passive Immuni­

zation with Goat Antibodies against Isolated Glyco­

protein gp71 of Friend Leukemia Virus (In German) F. Schlecht, Electron-Microscope Study of the Peritro- phic Membrane in Phyllopoda (Crustacea) (In Ger­

man) ...

G. Wiedenmann, Weak and Strong Phase Shifting in the Activity Rhythm of Leucophaea maderae (Bla- beridae) after Light Pulses of High Intensity . . . Kl. Vogt, Ray Path and Reflection Mechanism in Cray­

fish E y e s ...

R. Wehner and I. Flatt, Visual Fixation in Freely Fly­

ing B e e s ...

C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 7/ 8 Original Communications

M. Wenzel, R. Herken, and W. Klose, Biochemistry of Metallocenes, II. Organ-Distribution and Thymus Af­

finity of Cinnamoyl-[103Ru]Ruthenocene (In German) J. Kopoldovä and St. Hrncir, Gamma-Radiolysis of Aqueous Solution of H is t id in e ...

B. Czochralska, H. Fritsche, and D. Shugar, Photo- chemically Reversible Dimer Electroreduction Product of 2 - O x o p u rin e ...

E. Wünsch, G. Wendlberger, A. Hallet, E. Jaeger, S.

Knof, L. Moroder, R. Scharf, I. Schmidt, P. Thamm, and L. Wilschowitz, Total Synthesis of Human Big Gastrin I and the 32-Leucine Analogue (Preliminary Communication) (In G e r m a n ) ...

F. Parak, U. F. Thomanek, D. Bade, and B. Winter- gerst, The Orientation of the Electric Field Gradient Tensor in CO-Liganded M yoglobin...

H. Scheer and W. Kufer, Studies on Plant Bile Pig­

ments, IV : Conformational Studies on C-Phycocyanin from Spirulina p la t e n s is...

W. Steglidi and L. Zechlin, Pigments of Fungi, X X X II.

3-Methylriboflavine from Panellus serotinus (Agari- cales) (In G e r m a n ) ...

P. Renz, R. Wurm, and J. Hörig, Nonenzymatic Trans­

formation of Riboflavin into 5,6-Dimethylbenzimidazole H. Lüdemann and E. Westhof, Conformations of the Nucleoside Analogs Formycin, 2-Azaadenosine, and Nebularine in S o lu tio n ...

M. F. Macchiato, G. F. Grossi, G. C. Gialanella, and A. Cascino, Sucrose Gradient Analysis: Computer Simulation and Measurement of the Parameters In­

volved in the Sedimentation of DNA Molecules A. Fink and G. Hotz, Immunological Reaction of UV- Induced Radiation Damage in Coliphage DNA . .

R. Jeck, The Properties of [a>- (3-Acetylpyridinio) -re- alkyl] Adenosine Pyrophosphates, Structural Analogs

of the Coenzyme NAD (In G e r m a n ) ...550 K. Sauber, R. Müller, E. Keller, J. Eberspächer, and F.

442 Lingens, Degradation of Antipyrin by Pyrazon-De- grading Bacteria (In G e r m a n ) ... 557 W. Kuhnz and H. Rembold, Application of Lathanide 444 Induced Shifts in Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectro­

scopy of Juvenile H o rm o n e s ... 563 446 H. B. Leising and D. O. Schachtschabel, Stimulation

of Tyrosinase Activity and Melanin Formation of Cul- 449 tured Melanoma Cells by Serum Deprivation Alone or in Combination with Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP and Theo­

phylline ... 567 453 D. L. Dorset and A. J. Hancock, Glycerol Conforma­

tion and the Crystal Structure of Lipids I. An Elec- 456 tron Diffraction Study of Tripalmitin and Conforma-

tionally Fixed A n a l o g s ... 573 C. Gebhardt, H. Gruler, and E. Sackmann, On Domain Structure and Local Curvature in Lipid Bilayers and 459 Biological M em branes... 581

A. Radunz, Binding of Antibodies onto the Thylakoid Membrane. II. Distribution of Lipids and Proteins at 462 the Outer Surface of the Thylakoid Membrane . . . 597

R. Schopf, The Degree of CFt Release and the Re­

constituting Capacity of the Depleted Membranes . . 600 464 G. Vierke and P. Struckmeier, Binding of Copper (II)

to Proteins of the Photosynthetic Membrane and its 466 Correlation with Inhibition of Electron Transport in

Class II Chloroplasts of S p in a c h ... 605 469 K.-P. Heise and G. Krapf, Comparison of Lipid Bio­

synthesis of Normal and Dark Kept Spinach Leaves in Photosynthetically Active L i g h t ... 611 S. Saphon and A. R. Crofts, Protolytic Reactions in Photosystem I I : a New Model for the Release of Pro­

tons Accompanying the Photooxidation of Water . . 617 M. Saleemuddin, U. Zimmermann, and F. Schneeweiß, Preparation of Human Erythrocyte Ghosts in Isotonic

^ 3 Solution: Haemoglobin Content and Polypeptide Com­

position ... 627

^g9 U. Yamaguchi-Koll, K. J. Wiegers, and R. Drzeniek, Dissociation and Reassociation of Poliovirus, II. Pro­

tein Components Obtained by Urea Treatment of the 400 Virus P article...632

G. S. Dogra, G. M. Ulrich, and H. Rembold, A Com­

parative Study of the Endocrine System of the Honey Bee Larvae under Normal and Experimental Conditions 637 495 Notes

L. Sportelli, H. Neubacher, and W. Lohmann, On the 507 Influence of Aromatic Residues on the Interaction of Copper (II) with Small Peptides Containing Aromatic

Amino Acids: ESR and Optical S t u d ie s ...643 513 J- Maranon and O. M. Sorarrain, The Adenine and

Thymine Molecules. Some Excited Singlet and Triplet Levels of the Normal and Tautomeric Forms . . . 647 520 H. Esterbauer and E. Schwarzl, Aerobic Oxidation of

p-Hydroquinone by Horse Radish Peroxidase in the 523 Presence of a Thiol and M n C L ... 650

K. Bürcky, Gibberellin Activity of Different Antheridio- genes in the Dwarf Pea Bioassay (In German) . . . 652 528 G. Reimer and D. Drahovsky, Chromosomal Structures

of Pseudomonas testosteroni. IV. Effect of Testo­

sterone on RNA-Synthesis (In G e r m a n ) ...654 R. T. C. Huang, Artificial Phospholipid and Glyco- 539 lipid Particles, Visualization of Their Structure by Fluorescence Markers and Some Biological Properties 544 Expressed by These P a r t ic le s ... 656

VI Contents T. M. Maida, Microvillar Orientation in the Retina of

a Pierid B u t t e r f ly ...660 W. C. Gordon, Microvillar Orientation in the Retina of the Nymphalid B u t t e r f l y ... 662

C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 9/ 10 Original Communications

M. A. Haleem and K. D. Parker, Studies on the Heli­

cal Structure of /?-d-1,3 X y l a n ... 665 M. A. Haleem and K. D. Parker, Scattering of X-Rays by Parallel and Antiparallel Layers in Disordered Stacking and Statistical Layer Shifts for a-Chitin . . 669 D. A. Adamiak, W. Saenger, R. Kinas, and W. J.

Stec, X-Ray-Diffraction Study and Determination of Absolute Configuration of the Anticancer Drug S (—) - Cyclophosphamide (Endoxan, Cytoxan, NSC-26271) . 672 H. Lotter, A. Jones, and M. Sturm, X-Ray Structure Analysis of Mezerein from Daphne mezereum L. (In German) ... 678 H. E. Marcolin, R. Reschke, and A. Trautwein, In­

vestigation of the Recombination Kinetic of Photo- dissoziated Myoglobin-CO at Low Temperatures by Mössbauer Spectroscopy (In G e r m a n ) ...683 H. Röper and K. Heyns, On the Problem of Dimethyl- nitrosamine Formation from Tetracycline-Derivatives by Nitrosation Reaction in Acidic Medium (In German) 696 G. Grimmer and H. Böhnke, Investigation on Drilling Cores of Sediments of Lake Constance. I. Profiles of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (In German) 703 J. A. Schmitt, H.-U. Meisch, and W. Reinle, Heavy Metals in Higher Fungi, II. Manganese and Iron (In German) ... 712 H. Rimpler and I. Christiansen, Tectograndinol, a New Diterpene from Tectona grandis L. fil. (In German) . 724 T. Hirata and T. Suga, Biologically Active Consti­

tuents of Leaves and Roots of Aloe arborescens var.

n a t a le n s is... 731 J. Jacob and U. Green, Composition of the Ventral Gland-Pad Sebum from the Mongolian Gerbil, Merio- nes unguiculatus...735 A. Keim, Electrophoretic Analyses of the Crop Con­

tents of Helobdella stagnalis (L.) (Hirudinea) . . . 739 R. Jonak, Ch. M. Lapiere, A. Meinel, H. Nemetschek- Gansler, Th. Nemetschek, and H. Riedl, Structure and Mechanical Propertiel of Dermatosparactic Collagen

(In G e r m a n ) ...743 Ch. Gähwiller, C. von Planta, D. Schmidt, and H. Stef­

fen, Size, Structure, and Dynamics of Bile Salt/Leci­

thin Mixed Micelles (In G e r m a n ) ... 748 L. Bornmann and B. Hess, Interaction of Cibacron Dyes with Dehydrogenases and K in a s e s ...756 A. M. Relimpio, Structure and Anticholinesterase Acti­

vity of Series of Ethyl Substituted Phenyl Methylphos- phonates ...760 M. H. Saylor and R. L. Mansell, Hydroxycinnamoyl:

Coenzyme A Transferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of Kaempferol-3-(p-coumaroyl Triglucoside) in Pisum s a t iv u m... 765 J. Frey, W. Kordel, and F. Schneider, The Reaction of Aminoacylase with Chloromethylketone Analogs of Amino A c i d s ...769 H.-H. Hamm and W. Seubert t, On the Mechanism of Inactivation and ATP-Dependent Reactivation of Rat Liver Tyrosine Aminotransferase...777 K. Okabe, Properties of Ribulose Diphosphate Carb­

oxylase/Oxygenase in the Tobacco Aurea Mutant Su/

su var. A u r e a ...781

J. Köhrle, J. Liistorff, and E. Schlimme, P\P5^-Bis-(5'- adenosyl)pentaphosphate: Is this Adenylate Kinase In­

hibitor Substrate for Mitochondrial Processes? . . . 786 J.-D. Schwenn and B. Depka, Assimilatory Sulfate Re­

duction by Chloroplasts: The Regulatory Influence of Adenosine-mono- and Adenosine-diphosphate . . . 792 C. Buschmann and H. K. Lichtenthaler, Hill-Activity and P700 Concentration of Chloroplasts Isolated from Radish Seedlings Treated with Indoleacetic Acid, Kinetin or Gibberellic A c i d ... 798 B. Huchzermeyer and H. Strotmann, Acid/Base-Induced Exchange of Adenic Nucleotides on Chloroplast Cou­

pling Factor ( C F j ) ... 803 S. Saphon and A. R. Crofts, The H+/e Ratio in Chloroplasts is 2. Possible Errors in Its Determination 810 F. Koenig, W. Menke, A. Radunz, and G. H. Schmid, Localization and Functional Characterization of Three Thylakoid Membrane Polypeptides of the Molecular Weight 66 000 ... -817 B. Rauch, D. v. Chak, and W. Hasselbach, Phosphory­

lation by Inorganic Phosphate of Sarcoplasmic Mem­

branes ...828 H. K. Samanta and S. B. Bhattacharjee, Thymineless Death in Escherichia c o l i... 835 H. A. B. Linke, Growth Inhibition of Glucose-Grown Cariogenic and Other Streptococci by Saccharin in vitro 839 G. F. Grossi, G. Cesareni, and F. Liello, Development of Phage Populations in a Bacterial Culture: a Mathe­

matical M o d e l... 844 R. Figueroa, A. Sepulveda, M. A. Sato, and J. Tohä, Genetic Information Analysis of Bacteriophage <?x 174 850 H. Stieve, M. Bruns, and H. Gaube, Ability to Light- Induced Conductance Change of Arthropod Visual Cell Membrane, Indirectly Depending on Membrane Potential, during Depolarization by External Potas­

sium or O u a b a in ... 855 Notes

J. Maranon and O. M. Sorarrain, The Tautomeric Con- formers for the Molecules of Guanine and Cytosine.

Some Remarks about Their S t a b ilit y ...870 D. A. Alizade and K. Gaede, Chirality of the Hydrogen Transfer to NAD Catalyzed by (3R) Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas lemoignei . . . 874 H. J. Lach and P. Böger, Some Properties of Plastidic Cytochrome b-563 ... 877 H. E. A. Schenk and J. Hanf, Thioacylamides and Thioacylureas as Inhibitors of Photosystem II (In German) ... 880 H.-J. Thiel, C. Bergholz, H. Beug, F. Deinhardt, H.

Schwarz, and W. Schäfer, Isolation of the Major Glyco­

protein (gp70) of Simian Sarcoma Virus (SSV-1 / SSAV-1) in Preparative Q uantities...884 R. C. Hardie, Electrophysiological Properties of R7 and R8 in Dipteran R e t i n a ... 887

C o n t e n t s of N u m b e r 11/12 Original Communications

V. N. Babin, E. B. Zavelovich, and Yu. A. Belousov, The Effect of Water on Proton Transfer in Pyrazole . 891 R. Stolarski, M. Remin, and D. Shugar, Studies on Prototropic Tautomerism in Neutral and Monoanionic Forms of Pyrimidines by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy... 894 H. H. Mantsch and O. Bärzu, Anomalous Base-Stacking of the N^Oxide of A M P ... 901

Contents VII H.-J. Breter, The Quantitative Determination of Me­

tabolites of 6-Mercaptopurine in Biological Materials.

IV. An Improved Separation Method for Twentytwo Compounds Related to Purine and 6-Thiopurine Me­

tabolism Using High-Pressure Liquid Cation-Exchange C hrom atography...

H. J. Schmidt, U. Schaum, and J. P. Pichotka, The Influence of Mode and Intensity of Homogenization on the Absolute Value and Stability of Oxygen Consump­

tion of Guinea Pig Liver Homogenates (In German) . G. Müller, Pollution Research on Dated Sediment Cores from Lake Constance. II. Historical Evolution of Heavy Metals — Relationship to the Evolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (In German) . . G. Müller, Pollution Research on Dated Sediment Cores from Lake Constance. III. Historical Evolution of N- and P-Compounds — Relationship to the Development of Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocar­

bons (In G e r m a n ) ...

R. Kanne, Isolation and Characterization of a Potas­

sium Specific Ionophore from Streptococcus faecalis . G. Metz, R. Marx, and K.-H. Rohm, The Quaternary Structure of Yeast Aminopeptidase I. 1. Molecular Forms and Subunit S i z e ...

R. Marx, G. Metz, and K.-H. Rohm, The Quaternary Structure of Yeast Aminopeptidase I. 2. Geometric Arrangement of S u b u n its ...

S. Postius and F. Schneider, Multiple Effects of Amo- barbital on Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells. Inhibition of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase...

W. Tinschert and L. Träger, Evidence for an 4-Ene-3- oxosteroid-5a-reductase and J4-Zl5-Ketosteroid Isomer- ase Activity in Extracts of Streptomyces hydrogenans K. Alef and J.-H. Klemme, Characterization of a Sol­

uble NADH-Independent Nitrate Reductase from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsu­

lata ...

G. Muckle and W. Rüdiger, Chromophore Content of C-Phycoerythrin from Various Cyanobacteria

G. Renger and G. H. Schmid, On the Correlation be­

tween the Amplitude of the Electrochromic Absorption Changes and the Number of Bulk Pigments . . . . G. F. W. Searle, A Chloroplast Photosystem 2 Reac­

tion Resistant to S alicylaldox im e...

J. Kiefer and B. Laske, Protein Synthesis and Amino Acid Pools in Irradiated Yeast C e l l s ...973 E. Priesner, H.-J. Bestmann, 0. Vostrowsky, and P.

Rösel, Sensory Efficacy of Alkyl-Branched Pheromone Analogues in Noctuid and Tortricid Lepidoptera . . 979 905 W. Hasselbach and A. Migala, Calcium Gradient De­

pendent Pyrophosphate Formation by Sarcoplasmic V esicles... 992 G. Wiedner, G. Wilhelm, G. Jureit, and Z. Bojadzijev, 908 Calcification of a Native Collagen Membrane . . . . 997

S. Erhan, Origins of the First Cell. A New Model for the Spontaneous Formation of the First Living Cell Based on a Novel A p p ro a c h ... 1003 913

Notes

H. W. Ludwig, 99.26 per cent Water Content in the Fresh-Water Medusa Craspedacusta sowerbii . . . . 1011 E. Wollenweber, Chalcones and Dihydrochalcones as 920 Constituents of Fern Farina (Genera Cheilanthes and

Notholaena) (In G erm an)... 1013 926 G. J. Niemann, Flavonoids and Related Compounds in

Leaves of Pinaceae. II. Cedrus atlantica c. v. Glauca . 1015 J. L. Ingham, Phytoalexins of Hyacinth Bean (Lablab 929 niger) ... 1018

M. Dizdaroglu, D. Schulte-Frohlinde, and C. v. Sonntag, y-Radiolyses of DNA in Oxygenated Aqueous Solu- 938 tion. Structure of an Alkali-Labile S ite ...1021

H. C. Heinrich, J. Brüggemann, E. E. Gabbe, M. Glä­

ser, F. Icagic, and E. Pape, Correlation between Diag- 944 nostic ^Fe2*-Absorption and Serum Ferritin Concentra­

tion in M a n ... 1023 M. Popescu, J. Löhler, and F. Lehmann-Grube, Infec- 949 tious Lymphocytes in Mice Persistently Infected with

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis V i r u s ...1026 G. Erler and U. Thurm, A Simplified Method for Re­

cording Receptorpotentials and Nervous Impulses of 954 Insect Epidermal Mechanoreceptors (In German) . . 1029 qrn E r r a tu m ... 1031

To B. Rauch, D. v. Chack, and W. Hasselbach (32 c, 828 [1977])

Subject I n d e x ... 1033 968 Authors In d e x ... 1053