1006
Index
Peptidoglycans, 188, 307 
biosynthesis of, 324 
lysis by lysozymes, 193 
penicillin and, 192 
Peptidylglycine, 895 
Peptidyl (P) site, 576 
Peptidyl (P) site (tRNA binding site), 577 
Perforin, 808 
Periodate reaction, 139 
Periodic acid-Schiff staining, 
se e
PAS staining 
Permanent cells, 179 
Pernicious anemia, 204, 921 
Peroxidase, 108, 336 
Peroxisome proliferator-activated 
receptor-y2, 517 
Peroxisomes, 372 
Pertussis toxin, 223 
PFK-1, 229
allosteric activators of, 229 
inactivators of, 229 
inorganic phosphate, 229 
PFK-2, 281
PGE, , 714
PGF, 714
pH effect on enzyme activity, 87 
Phage 
<f)X
174, 35 
Phage DNA, 551 
Phage À, 598 
Phage systems, 598 
Phage T4, 551 
Phage T4, 598, 599 
Phage T7, 598, 599 
Phagocytic cells, 304 
Phagocytic oxidase, 271 
Phagocytosis, 187, 271,304 
Phagocytosis and the pentose phosphate 
pathway, 304 
Phagolysosome, 304 
Phagosome, 187, 304 
Phalloidin, 480 
Pharmacogenomics, 542 
Phenanthridium derivatives, 553 
Phénobarbital, 335 
Phenolic hydroxyl group, 25 
Phenotypic sex, 781
Phenylalanine, 20, 214, 279, 331,333, 356 
Phenylalanine-deficient CFTR protein, 221 
Phenylbutyrate, 222
Phenylethanol amine-N-methyltransferase 
(PNMT), 756
Phenylisothiocyanate (PITC; Edman’s 
reagent), 43
Phenylketonuria (PKU), 20, 146, 352, 353, 
358, 535 
Phenytoin, 335
Pheochromocytomas, 512, 767 
Pheromones, 699
Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, 610 
Phorbol esters, 271 
Phosphatase, 
8 6 
Phosphatase activity, 720 
Phosphatase-1, 290 
Phosphatase-2B, 290 
Phosphate dehydrogenase, 235 
Phosphates, 676 
Phosphatidylcholine, 217 
hydrolysis of, 217
Phosphatidylcholines (lecithins), 201,401 
synthesis of, 402
Phosphatidylethanolamines (cephalins), 
217,402
Phosphatidylglycerol (PG), 217, 409 
Phosphatidylinositol (PI), 217, 409 
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, 719 
Phosphatidylinositol and Ca2+ pathway 
activation, 738
phosphatidyIinositol-3-kinase, 494 
Phosphatidylserine, 217 
3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate 
(PAPS), 354
Phosphoadenosine phosphosulfate (PAPS, 
“active sulfate”), 108 
Phosphoadenosine-phosphosulfate 
(PAPS), 323
Phosphoanhydride bonds, 257 
Phosphocreatine, 349 
Phosphocreatine shuttle, 471,472 
Phosphocreatine synthesis, 12
2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolyase, 232 
Phosphodiester group, 522 
structure, 522
Phosphoenolpyruvate, 232, 277 
6
-phosphofructokinase, 229
6
-phosphofructo-1
-kinase (PFK-1
), 280 
6
-phosphofructokinase deficiency, 235 
Phosphofructokinase deficiency, 303 
Phosphoglucomutase, 283, 286 
6
-phosphogluconate, 300 
6
-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, 300 
6-phosphoglucono-<5-Iactone, 300 
6
-phosphogluconolactonase, 300 
Phosphoglycerate mutase, 231 
Phosphogiycerides, 390 
Phospholamban, 466 
Phospholipase, 202 
Phospholipase A
2
, 127, 217, 756 
Phospholipids, 248, 401 
Phosphoric acid (H
3
PO
4
), 7 
dissociable protons, 
10 
Phosphorus, 873, 
8 8 8 
Phosphorylase, 289 
Phosphorylase a, 382 
Phosphorylase kinase, 287-289 
Phosphorylation of ADP From 
1,3-bisphosphoglycerate, 231
Phosphorylation of fructose-
6
-phosphate, 
229
Phosphosphingolipids, 406
3-phosphoglycerate, 230 
Phosphorylated PPARy2, 516 
Photereactivation, 557 
Photo-oxidation, 156 
P h o to iso m e rs o f b iliru b in ,
693 
Photolyase, 557 
Photophobia, 361 
P h y sa ru m p o lycep h a lu m ,
464 
Physical properties of water, 2 
Phytanic acid, 374 
Phytates, 676 
Pi (protease inhibitor), 582 
Pick’s disease, 62 
Piericidin A, 253 
Pigment stones, 201 
P ili to rti,
897 
PiMM, 582 
Pimobendan, 475 
Ping-pong reactions, 92 
Piperacillin, 327 
Pituitary, 729
Pituitary and thyroid adenomas, 604
Pituitary gland (hypophysis), 736
PIVKA, 863
PiZZ, 582
PiSS, 582
PK, 235
Placental, 702
Placental lactogen (hPL), 722, 737 
Placental steroids, 793 
Plasma, 121
Plasma cholesterol, 149 
Plasma exchange, 170 
Plasma iron transport, 679 
Plasma membranes, 159 
Plasma specific enzymes, 121 
Plasma transferrin, 676, 680 
Plasmid DNA, 526 
Plasmids, 546 
Plasmin, 433 
Plasminogen, 433, 846 
activation, 859
Plasminogen activator(s), 864, 
8 6 8
, 869 
Plasminogen/plasmin, 
8 6 8 
Plasmodium falciparum, 669 
P la sm o d iu m kn ow lesi,
168 
P la sm o d iu m vivax,
168 
Platelet count, 
8 6 6 
Platelet factor (PF4), 184 
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), 445 
Platelets, 331
/3-pleated sheet structure, 55 
/S-pleated sheets, 51 
Pleiotropism, 188 
Plicamycin, 553
 
    
