Book Description:
Proline might be the most studied amino acid in nature. Many authors have reviewed its many functions in cell homeostasis. Not only it is essential in primary metabolism, but it is also involved in cell defense response to a variety of stresses. This book presents topical research data in the study of proline functions, including role of proline in plant subject to salinity, proline cycle and its role in secondary metabolite accumulation, role of proline in catalyzing the asymmetric reaction, studies of polyproline peptides, structural characteristics and transition mechanisms of proline-rich peptides, functions of proline in behavior of neonatal chicks and tumor suppressor activities of proline oxidase. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-xii

1. Involvement of Proline in Plant Response to Salt Stress (Nedjimi Bouzid), Laboratoire d’Exploration et Valorisation des Ecosystèmes Steppiques, Université de Djelfa, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Djelfa, Algeria)pp. 1-10

2. Proline Cycle and its Role in Secondary Metabolite Accumulation
(María Perassolo, Ana María Giulietti, Julián Rodríguez Talou, Department of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)pp. 11-26

3. Small Organic Molecules Based on the L-proline for Catalyzing the Asymmetric Reaction
(Lingyan Liu, Bin Wang, Weixing Chang, Jing Li, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, The college of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China)pp. 27-54

4. Biophysical Studies of Polyproline Peptides
(M. Tanty and M.A. Delsuc, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire é, UMR 7104,1 rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch cedex, France and NMRtec, Bioparc B, boulevard Sébastien Brandt, 67400 Illkirch, France)pp. 55-66

5. Free Energies, Structural Characteristics, and Transition Mechanisms of Proline-Rich Peptides
(Mahmoud Moradi, Volodymyr Babin, Christopher Roland, Celeste Sagui, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Riddick Hall, Raleigh, NC)pp. 67-110

6. Central Functions of Proline in Behavior of Neonatal Chicks (Mitsuhiro Furuse, Kousuke Hamasua, D. Michael Denbow, Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN, and Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)pp. 111-134

7. Tumor Suppressor Activities of Proline Oxidase
(Steve A. Maxwell, Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, College Station, TX) pp. 135-160

Index pp. 161-169