1012
Index
Spectrin-protein 4.1-actin complex, 164 
Spermatogenesis, 788 
inhibition, 789 
pharmacological, 789 
Spermatozoa, 183 
Spermine, 332 
Sphincter of Oddi, 200, 208 
Sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs), 412 
Sphingolipids, 401
catabolism and storage disorders of, 409 
Sphingomyelins, 406 
Spina bifida, 619 
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1,561 
Spinocerebellar ataxias, 609 
Spironolactone, 707 
Spliceosome, 571 
Splicing and ribozymes, 571 
Spontaneity of reaction, 69 
Spontaneous autoimmune disease, 778 
Spontaneous mutagenesis, 559 
Squalene, 420
conversion to lanosterol, 420 
Squamous cells, 208 
Src homology domain-2, 494 
SRE, 603 
St. Louis, 667 
Stable cells, 179 
Stacking interactions, 526 
Stages of protein synthesis 
initiation, 576 
Standard emf, 
E '\
72 
Standard free energy change, 73 
Standard heats of formation, 77 
Staphylococcus, 860 
S ta p h y lo c o c c u s au reu s,
190, 192,219 
Starches, 147, 208 
Stargardt’s disease, 910 
Starvation, 78, 278 
protein catabolism during, 510 
Statin therapy, 419 
Statins, 417,419, 446, 449 
Steady-state condition, 70 
Steady-state level, 111 
Steatohepatitis, 127 
Steatorrhea, 218, 879 
Steatosis, 127 
Stercobilinogen, 694 
Stereochemical aspects of the TCA 
cycle, 244 
Steroid, 700 
synthesis of, 235 
Steroid hormone action 
generic depiction, 712 
Steroid hormone receptors, 711 
Steroid hormones, 702, 707 
Steroid hormones from 
biosynthesis, 704 
Steroid receptors, 603
Steroid response element, 603 
Steroid structure and nomenclature, 703 
Steroid sulfatase, 757 
Steroid sulftase (STS) deficiency, 759 
Steroid synthesis 
zone-specific, 750
Steroid-binding serum proteins, 707, 708 
Steroids, 603
Stimulation of endogenous gonadotropin 
secretion, 799
Stimulatory G-protein (Gs), 717 
Stomach, 198 
Storage carbohydrates, 147 
Storage of iron, 679 
Stored fuels, 496 
Strabismus, 361 
Strand displacement, 550 
Streptococcus, 860 
Streptococcus bovis, 936 
S trep to co c cu s m u tan s,
192 
Streptococus, 816 
Streptokinase, 126, 132 
Streptokinase-plasmin(ogen), 860 
Streptomyces pilosis, 682 
Streptomycin, 583 
Streptovirudin, 316
Structure of 3,3',5,5'-tetraiodo-L-thyronine, 
770
Structure of proteins
primary, secondary, tertiary, 51 
quaternary, 51 
Structure of RNA, 564 
Structure of skeletal muscle, 456 
Stuart-Prower factor (autoprothrombin III), 
844
Submitochondrial particles, 251 
Submucosa, 199 
SubstanceP, 734 
Substrate, 69
Substrate-level phosphorylation, 231, 257 
Subtilisin, 106
Subunits of polypeptide chains, 58 
fi
subunits
side chains, 653
Succinate dehydrogenase, 244, 256 
inhibition of, 93 
Succinate thiokinase, 243 
Succinate-CoQ reductase, 251 
Succinonitrile, 101 
Succinyl-CoA, 243, 244 
Succinyl-CoA synthase, 243 
Sucrase-a-dextrinase, 213 
Sucrose, 145
sweetness of, 146 
Sucrose a-D-glucohydroIase, 211 
Sugar acids, 140 
aldonic, 140 
uronic, 140
Sugar alcohols, 139 
Sugar phosphates, 142 
suicide enzyme-inactivator or a
mechanism-based inhibitor, 632 
Suicide substrate, 95 
Sulfatides, 409 
Sulfenamide, 205 
Sulfenic acid, 205 
Sulfhemoglobin, 673 
Sulfinpyrazone, 633 
Sulfonal, 673 
Sulfonamide drugs, 626 
Sulfonamides, 93 
Sulfonylurea receptors, 220, 228 
Sulfonylurea-receptor transporter, 220 
Sulfonylureas, 493, 514 
Sulfonylureas bind, 514 
Sulfosalicylic acid, 36 
Sulfotransferase, 797 
Sulfuric acid, 7 
Sunlight, 73 
Supercoiled DNA, 526 
Superoxide anion, 271 
Superoxide dismutase, 271,
272, 609, 895
Supersecondary structure, 54 
Supraoptic nucleus (SON), 729 
SUR/Kir6.2, 493 
Swainsonine, 316, 317 
Sweat, 220 
chloride test, 
221 
Sympathetic nervous system, 224 
Synapse, 98 
Synaptobrevin, 464 
Syndecans, 322 
Syndein, 164 
Synovial fluid, 183 
Synthesis of androgens, 706 
Synthesis of androgens: 17,20-Lyase, 706 
Synthesis of corticosteroids, 750 
Synthesis of estrogens, 706 
Synthesis of estrogens: aromatase 
(CYP19), 706 
Synthetases (ligases), 
8 6 
Synthetic corticosteroids, 754 
Synthetic GnRH agonists, 790 
Syphilis, 240 
Systemic lupus, 827
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 537, 
832, 952
T
T (taut) state of ATCase, 113 
T cell receptors (TcR), 808 
T lymphocytes, 194 
T suppressor cells, 808