Claude Aflalo's Scientific Publications

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Description
Code
Description
Photophosphorylation
Immobilized enzymes
Mitochondria-luciferase
Review
Molecular recognition
Ciliary ATP receptors

1. Chapters in collective volumes

1.1. N. Shavit, D. Bar-Zvi, O.L. Podhajcer & C. AFLALO, 1981.
Role of Tight Nucleotide Binding Sites in the Regulation of the Chloroplast ATP Synthetase Functions in Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Photosynthesis (G. Akoyunoglou, ed.), Vol. 2, pp. 789-800, Balaban Int. Sci. Ser., Philadelphia.
 1.2. N. Shavit, C. AFLALO & D. Bar-Zvi, 1981.
Role of Tight Nucleotide Binding Sites in the Modulation of the Chloroplast ATP Synthetase Activity in Energy Coupling in Photosynthesis (B.R. Selman & S. Selman-Reimer, eds.), pp. 197-207, Elsevier/North Holland, Amsterdam.
 1.3. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1984.
Limited Access of Nucleotides to the Active Site of ATP Synthetase During Photophosphorylation in Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Photosynthesis (C. Sybesma, ed.), Vol. 2, pp. 559-562, Nijhoff/Junk Publishers, The Hague.
 1.4. N. Shavit, C. AFLALO, D. Bar-Zvi & M.A. Tiefert, 1984.
Modulation of ATP Synthetase: Conformational States, Nucleotides Binding and Limited Accessibility to the Active Site in Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Photosynthesis (C. Sybesma, ed.), Vol. 2, pp. 493-500, Nijhoff/Junk Publishers, The Hague.
 1.5. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1984.
Involvement of Nucleotides Concentration Gradients in ATP Formation by the Membrane-Bound ATP Synthetase in Reports of the 3rd European Bioenergetics Conference (G. Schafer, ed.), pp. 291-292, Congress Edition, Hannover.
 1.6. C. AFLALO & M. DeLuca, 1988.
Continuous monitoring of ATP in the Microenvironment of Immobilized Enzymes by Firefly Luciferase in The Ion Pumps, Structure Function and Regulation (W.D. Stein, ed.), pp. 337-342, Alan Liss, Inc. NY.
 1.7. C. AFLALO, 1993.
Monitoring a Heterogeneous Coupled System Using Soluble and Biologically localized Firefly Luciferase as a probe for Bulk and Local [ATP] in Modern Trends in Biothermokinetics (S. Schuster, M. Rigoulet, R. Ouhabi, and J.-P. Mazat, eds.), pp. 7-10, Plenum, NY.
 1.8. C. AFLALO, 1994.
Biologically localized Firefly Luciferase Probes Local [ATP] at the Surface of Yeast Mitochondria in Biothermokinetics (H.V. Westerhoff, ed.), pp. 345-353, INTERCEPT, Andover, U.K.
 1.9. C. AFLALO & I. A. Vakser, 1996. [Reviewed article]
 Molecular Recognition Techniques: Geometric Docking and its Enhancement using Hydrophobicity. In BioThermoKinetics of the Living Cell (Westerhoff, H.V., Snoep, J.L., Sluse, F.E., Wijker J.E. & Kholodenko B.N., eds.), pp.  283-288 (erratum p. 407), BioThermoKinetics Press, Amsterdam.
 1.10. H. Azoulay & C. AFLALO, 1996. [Reviewed article]
 Binding of hexokinase to mitochondia of various sources. In BioThermoKinetics of the Living Cell (Westerhoff, H.V., Snoep, J.L., Sluse, F.E., Wijker J.E. & Kholodenko B.N., eds.), pp. 289-294, BioThermoKinetics Press, Amsterdam.

 

2. Refereed articles in scientific journals

 2.1. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1976.
Phosphorylation of Nucleotides Bound to Chloroplast Membranes and their Role in Photophosphorylation. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 440, 522-530.
 2.2. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1982.
Source of Rapidly Labeled ATP Tightly Bound to Non-Catalytic Sites on the Chloroplast ATP Synthetase. Eur. J. Biochem. 126, 61-68.
 2.3. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1983.
Steady State Kinetics of Photophosphorylation: Limited Access of Nucleotides to the Active Site on the ATP Synthetase. FEBS lett. 154, 175-179.
 2.4. C. AFLALO & N. Shavit, 1984.
A New Approach to the Mechanism of Phosphorylation: Modulation of ATP Synthetase Activity by Limited Diffusibility of Nucleotides Near the Enzyme. Current Topics in Cellular Regulation 24, 435-445.
 2.5. C. AFLALO & M. DeLuca, 1987.
Continuous Monitoring of ATP in the Microenvironment of Immobilized Enzymes by Firefly Luciferase. Biochemistry 26, 3913-3920.
 2.6. C. AFLALO, 1990.
Targeting of Cloned Firefly Luciferase to Yeast Mitochondria. Biochemistry 29, 4758-4766.
 2.7. C. AFLALO, 1991. Review
Biologically Localized Firefly Luciferase: A Tool to Study Cellular Processes. International Reviews in Cytology 130, 269-323.
 2.8. E. Katchalski-Katzir, I. Sariv, M. Eisenstein, A.A. Friesem, C. AFLALO & I.A. Vakser, 1992.
Molecular Surface Recognition: Determination of Geometric Fit Between Proteins and Their Ligands by Correlation Techniques. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 89, 2195-2199.
 2.9. C. AFLALO & L.A. Segel, 1992.
Local Probes and Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Case Study of A Mitochondria-Luciferase- Hexokinase Coupled System. J. Theor. Biol. 158, 67-108.
 2.10. I. A. Vakser & C. AFLALO, 1994.
Hydrophobic Docking: A Proposed Enhancement to Molecular Recognition Techniques. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 20, 320-329.
 2.11. L. Gheber, Z. Priel, C. AFLALO & V. Shoshan-Barmatz, 1995.
Extracellular ATP Binding Proteins as Potential Receptors in Mucociliary Epithelium: Characterization Using [32P]3'-O-(4-Benzoyl)benzoyl ATP, a Photoaffinity Label. Molecular Membrane Biology 147, 83-93.

 2.12. E. Katchalski-Katzir, I. Shariv, M. Eisenstein, A.A. Friesem, C. AFLALO & I.A. Vakser, 1996.
The role of geometric fit between proteins molecules and their ligands in determining biological specificity.Adv. Molec. Cell Biol. 15B, 623-637.
Noun Shavit  2.13. C. AFLALO, H. Baum, D.M. Chipman, R.E. McCarty, H. Strotmann, 1997.
Noun Shavit (1930-1997). ObituaryPhotosynth. Res.54,165-167.
 2.14. C. AFLALO, 1997.
Localized firefly luciferase probes ATP at the surface of mitochondria. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 29, 549-559.

 2.15. C. AFLALO & H. Azoulay, 1998.
Association of rat brain hexokinase to yeast mitochondria: effect of environmental factors and the source of porin.  J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 30, 245-255.

 2.16. C. AFLALO, W. Bing, A. Zarka & S. Boussiba, 1999.
Effect of the herbicide glufosinate (BASTA) on astaxanthin accumulation in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis.  Z. Naturforsch.54, 49-54.
 2.17. H. Azoulay-Zohar & C. AFLALO, 1999.
Binding of rat brain hexokinase to recombinant yeast mitochondria: identification of necessary molecular determinants.  J. Bioenerg. Biomembr.31, 567-577.
 2.18. H. Azoulay-Zohar & C. AFLALO, 2000.
Binding of rat brain hexokinase to recombinant yeast mitochondria: identification of necessary physico-chemical determinants.  Eur. J. Biochem.267, 2973-2980.





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