Protein Turnover

by J C Waterlow

Overview

Written by the leading authority in the area, this book provides a comprehensive review of the growing body of research on protein turnover in man and animals that has accumulated over the past 20 years. It focuses on protein metabolism at the physiological level, and particularly with studies on human beings. It discusses the methods that have been used for measuring whole body protein turnover in man, the assumptions underlying this work, and problems that have been encountered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851996134
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	05/26/2006
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Basic Principles
Models and their analysis
Free amino acids: their pools, kinetics and transport
Metabolism of some amino acids
The precursor problem
Whole body protein turnover measured by the precursor method
Measurement of whole body protein turnover by the end-product method
Amino acid oxidation and urea metabolism
The effects of food and hormones on protein turnover in the whole body and regions
Adaptation to different protein intakes: Protein and amino acid requirements
Physiological determinants of protein turnover
Whole body protein turnover during growth and in pregnancy and lactation
Whole body protein turnover in some pathological states
Tissue protein turnover
Protein synthesis in individual tissues and the effects of food and hormones
Turnover of plasma proteins
Collagen turnover
Mechanisms of synthesis and breakdown