Front Cover; Current Topics in Membranes and Transport, Volume 8; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Chemical and Physical Properties of Myelin Proteins; I. Introdurtion; II. Encephalitogenic Protein of Myelin; III. Physical Structure of Myelin Basic Protein; IV. Proteolipid Protein Fraction of Myelin; V. Other Protein Fractions Prepared from Whole Brain, White Matter, or Myelin; VI. Conclusions on the Nature of Myelin Proteins; VII. Localization of Proteins in Myelin; References

Chapter 2. The Distinction between Sequential and Simultaneous Models for Sodium and Potassium TransportI. Introduction; II. Cation-Binding Sites of the Na Pump; III. Experimental Evidence for Simultaneous Existence of Inner and Outer Cation-Binding Sites; IV. Intermediate Stages in Hydrolysis of ATP by the Na Pump; V. Mechanism of Ion Transport; References; Chapter 3. Soluble and Membrane ATPases of Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Bacteria: Molecular Structure, Enzymatic Properties, and Functions; I. Introduction; II. Mitochondrial Coupling Factor; III. Oligomycin-Sensitive ATPase

IV. Chloroplast Coupling FactorV. Bacterial ATPase; VI. General Conclusions and Perspective; References; Chapter 4. Competition, Saturation, and Inhibition-Ionic Interactions Shown by Membrane Ionic Currents in Nerve, Muscle, and Bilayer Systems; I. Perspectives; II. Saturation Phenomena; III. Blocking and Competition; IV. Models and Analyses; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. Properties of the Glucose Transport System in the Renal Brush Border Membrane; I. Introduction; II. Isolation and Characterization of Plasma Membranes from Proximal Tubular Epithelium

III. Interaction of D-Glucose with Isolated Renal Plasma MembranesIV. Interaction of Phlorizin with Isolated Renal Plasma Membranes; V. Molecular Characteristics of the Sugar Transport System in the Brush Border Membrane; VI. Conformational Response of the Glucose Transport System; VII. Relation of Renal Glucose Transport System to Enzymes Interacting with Carbohydrates; VIII. One or Several Glucose Transport Systems in the Brush Border Membrane?; IX. Summary and Conclusions; References; Note Added in Proof; Subject Index