Proceedings of the first International Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins, Delft, The Netherlands, 1988

Section: Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases.- Quinoproteins in C1-Dissimilation by Bacteria.- Methanol Dehydrogenase: Mechanism of Action.- Quinoprotein Ethanol Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas.- PQQ-Dependent Methanol Dehydrogenase from Clostridium Thermoautotrophicum.- New PQQ-Enzyme: Aromatic Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Rhodopseudomonas Acidophila M402.- Structural Studies on the PQQ-Like Cofactor of Nitroalkane Oxidase from Fusarium Oxysporum.- Regulation of Methanol Dehydrogenase Synthesis in Paracoccus Denitrificans.- Methanol Dehydrogenase from Nocardia SP. 239.- Properties of Dye-Linked Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase from Hyphomicrobium ZV 580 Grown on Methylamine.- Section: Glucose Dehydrogenases.- Physiological Significance and Bioenergetic Aspects of Glucose Dehydrogenase.- Quinoprotein D-Glucose Dehydrogenases in Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus LMD 79.41: Purification and Characterization of the Membrane-Bound Enzyme Distinct from the Soluble Enzyme.- Cloning of the Genes Encoding the Two Different Glucose Dehydrogenases from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus.- Investigations on the Active Site of Glucose Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas Fluorescens.- Production of Gluconic and Galactonic Acids from Whey.- Mode of Binding of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone to Glucose Dehydrogenase from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus.- Glucose Dehydrogenase from Zymomonas Mobilis: Evidence for a Quinoprotein.- Haem-Containing Protein Complexes of Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus as Secondary Electron Acceptors for Quinoprotein Glucose Dehydrogenase.- Section: Analysis of PQQ.- Identification and Quantification of PQQ.- Gas Chromatography of PQQ.- Direct and Amplified Redox-Cycling Measurements of PQQ in Quinoproteins And Biological Fluids: PQQ-Peptides In Pronase Digests of DBH and DAO.- Bindingof Pyrroloquinoline Quinone to Serum Albumin.- Section: Physiological Effects of PQQ.- Growth Stimulating Effect of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone for Microorganisms.- Nutritional Essentiality of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone.- Effects of Exogenous PQQ on Mortality Rate and Some Biochemical Parameters During Endotoxin Shock in Rats.- Section: PQQ Production.- Theoretical Evaluation of Large Scale Production of PQQ Via Fermentation.- Section: Biosynthesis of PQQ.- Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of PQQ from Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus.- PQQ: Biosynthetic Studies in Methylobacterium AM1 and Hyphomicrobium X Using Specific 13C Labeling and NMR.- The role of PQQ in K. Aerogenes and Cloning of PQQ Genes.- Mutants of Methylobacterium Organophilum Unable to Synthesize PQQ.- Section: Reactivity of PQQ.- The Chemistry and Biomimetics of PQQ.- Structural Properties of PQQ Involved in the Activity of Quinohaemoprotein Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas Testosteroni.- Factors Relevant in the Reaction of PQQ with Amino Acids Analytical and Mechanistic Implications.- Inhibition of Collagen Hydroxylases by PQQ Reveals Its Domain Structure.- Reaction of 2,7,9-Tricarboxy-PQQ with Nucleophiles.- Reaction of PQQ and Its Analogues with Nadh; Application to the Hladh-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols.- Chemical Behaviour of Coenzyme PQQ Toward Amine Homologs.- Section: Structural Studies on PQQ.- The Three-Dimensional Structure of PQQ and Related Compounds.- Copper(II) Complexes Containing Reduced PQQ as A Model for the Active Site of Copper-Requiring Amine Oxidase.- 13C and 1H-NMR Studies of PQQ and Selected Derivatives.- Section: Methylamine Dehydrogenases.- Mechanism of the Methylamine Dehydrogenase Reductive Half reaction.- Electron Transport from Methylamine to Oxygen in the Gram-Negative Bacterium Thiobacillus Versutus.- Section: Amine Oxidases.- Copper-Containing Amine Oxidases.- Active Site Structures of Copper-Containing Oxidases.- On The Role of Copper in PQQ Amine Oxidases.- Mechanistic Probes of Copper Amine Oxidases.- Copper-PQQ Interactions in Amine Oxidases.- Enzymology of Lysyl Oxidase.- Lysyl Oxidase from the Yeast Pichia Pastoris.- Chick embryo Lysyl Oxidase: Evidence for a Pyridoxal Derivative as an Essential Cofactor.- Bovine Serum Amine Oxidase: Benzylhydrazine Reaction.- Primary Structure of a PQQ-Containing Peptide from Porcine Kidney Diamine Oxidase.- PQQ and Quinoproteins: An Important Novel Field in Enzymology.- Author Index.