Membrane Biogenesis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Current Problems in Membrane Biogenesis

   • Alexander Tzagoloff

   Pages 1-14

3. Biogenetic Autonomy of Mitochondria and Its Limits

   • Henry R. Mahler, Roberto N. Bastos, Fred Feldman, Urs Flury, Chi Chung Lin, Philip S. Perlman et al.

   Pages 15-61

4. Stable Pleiotropic Respiratory-Deficient Mutants of a “Petite-Negative” Yeast

   • A. Goffeau, M. Briquet, A. M. Colson, J. Delhez, F. Foury, F. Labaille et al.

   Pages 63-97

5. Biogenesis of the Yeast Mitochondrial Membranes

   • Anthony W. Linnane, Peter D. Crowfoot

   Pages 99-124

6. Biogenesis of Cytochrome Oxidase and Cytochrome b in Neurospora crassa

   • Hanns Weiss, Andreas J. Schwab, Sigurd Werner

   Pages 125-153

7. Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Interactions in the Biogenesis of Mitochondria in Yeast

   • Ronald A. Butow, William F. Bennett, David B. Finkelstein, Rodney E. Kellems

   Pages 155-199

8. Eukaryotic Intracellular Relationships

   • Lawrence Bogorad

   Pages 201-245

9. The Synthesis of Chloroplast Membranes in Pisum sativum

   • R. John Ellis

   Pages 247-278

10. Biogenesis of Chloroplast Membranes

    • Itzhak Ohad

    Pages 279-350

11. Biosynthesis and Assembly of the Outer Membrane Proteins of Escherichia coli

    • Masayori Inouye

    Pages 351-391

12. Role of Adhesion Zones in Bacterial Cell-Surface Function and Biogenesis

    • Manfred E. Bayer

    Pages 393-427

13. Studies on Bacterial Membrane Biogenesis Using Glycerol Auxotrophs

    • Leonard Mindich

    Pages 429-454

14. Back Matter

    Pages 455-460

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There are currently a growing number of laboratories actively studying the mechanism by which various biological membranes are assembled. This area of research is still relatively new to biochemists and molecular biologists, but in view of the rapid progress being made, a review of the field at this time is justified. The present volume focuses on the biogenesis of three related membranes. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are semiautonomous organelles whose biogenesis is carried out partly in the external cytoplasm and partly by the organelles themselves. Both membranes are principally concerned with the energy metabolism of the cell, and this commonality of function is reflected in a considerable degree of similarity in their ul­ trastructure and enzymatic composition. Although the bacterial cell membrane is a much more diversified structure, it also fulfills the basic energy requirements of the cell, and depending on the organism, this can take the form of photosynthesis or oxidative phosphorylation. The addi­ tional consideration that prokaryotic organisms may, in fact, be the evolu­ tionary ancestors of mitochondria and chloroplasts, makes it all the more compelling that those interested in biogenesis be aware of new develop­ ments in each of these three areas. In organizing this book, I felt that the contributors should summarize and bring up to date their own research and review the literature only in­ sofar as would be necessary to provide the proper perspective for their work.

• Chloroplast
• cell membrane
• metabolism
• mitochondria
• phosphorylation
• photosynthesis
• synthesis

• Department of Biochemistry, The Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York, Inc., New York, USA

  Alexander Tzagoloff

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