This manual on "Dynamics of Membrane Proteins and Cellular Energetics" is the result of a FEBS-CNRS Course held in Grenoble and Besanc;{on in September 1987.' It appears to be, after the first, published in 1979 the fifth of the series. After focussing on the "Biochemistry of Membranes" (1979) it was the turn of "Membrane Proteins" (1981) and of Enzymes, Receptors and Carriers of Biological Membranes (1983), fo1- wed by "Membrane Proteins Isolation and Characterization" ( 1986) . Al though the central issue has always been the its components and its functions, each biological membrane, manual has put the accent on somewhat different issues corresponding to the most innovative, interesting research in the field. After almost a decade this new manual appears, which stresses the aspect of the integration of membrane research at a cellular level. Such a novel emphasis is the consequence of the common interest of cell biology and biochemistry to understand the results of the biochemical analysis of membrane proteins in the context of the cell complexity. Consequently most of the experimental protocols are dealing with cellular models, but with clear reference to the function and structure of isolated membrane proteins.

One : Theoretical Introduction

The structure and function of Ca+2 - and phospholipid- dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C), a trans-membrane signal transducer
Biosynthesis and mode of insertion of a stalked intrinsic membrane protein of the small intestinal brush border
Tools and approaches to study membranes and cell organelles biogenesis
Fluid-phase endocytosis and lysosomal enzyme excretion two facets of intracellular membrane traffic
The neutrophil leukocyte. Properties and mechanism of activation
Monoclonal antibodies for immunoanalysis
Two : Experimental Section
Experiment n° 1 : Trans-membrane signaling via protein kinase C and its inhibition by staurosporine
Experiment n° 2 : Endocytosis analysis by flow cytofluorometry : study of the endocytosis of fluoresceinylated neoglycoproteins via membrane lectins of tumor cells
Experiment n° 3 : Neutrophils. Respiratory burst and exocytosis
Experiment n°4 : Endocytosis and exocytosis in Dictyostelium amoebae
Experiment n° 5 : Isolation of intact chloroplasts - Criteria of integrity
Experiment n° 6 : Methods for the isolation of higher plant vacuoles
Experiment n° 7 : Assay of in vitro microtubule assembly. Effect of microtubule associated proteins
Experiment n° 8 : Histamine release from human basophiles
Experiment n° 9 : Intracellular Ca2+ measurements in intact neutrophils
Experiment n° 10 : Synthesis and maturation of D-?-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (BDH) from mitochondrial inner membrane
Experiment n° 11 : Electropermeabilization and electrofusion of cells
Experiment n° 12 : Use of monoclonal antibody against keratin in immunocytochemical techniques.