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and
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IUPACIUBMBJointCommissiononBiochemicalNomenclature
andNomenclatureCommissionofIUBMB

BiochemicalNomenclatureandRelatedDocuments
"WhiteBook"
BiochemicalNomenclatureandRelatedDocuments,2ndedition,PortlandPress,1992.EditedCLibecq.[ISBN1855780054]
Contents
General
Aminoacids,peptidesandproteins
Enzymes
Nucleotides,nucleicacidsandproteinsynthesis
Carbohydrates,etc.
Lipids,etc
Miscellaneous
Excerptsfromthenewsletters
General
Compendiumpages118.
Nomenclatureoforganicchemistry,sectionE:Stereochemistry.Recommendations1974.PureAppl.Chem.,1976,45,1130.APDF(530
kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
Kem.Kozl.,1982,58,257307(inHungarian).
[Title?]publishedbyPanstwoweWydawnictwoNaukowe,Warsaw,1979,48pp.(inPolish)
Compendiumpages1926.
Nomenclatureoforganicchemistry,sectionF:Naturalproductsandrelatedcompounds.Recommendations1976.Eur.J.Biochem.,1978,
86,18.[revisededition1999]
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Chem.Listy,1978,72,288305.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages2730.
Isotopicallymodifiedcompoundsandisotopicallylabelledcompounds:commonbiochemicalpractice.InstructionsforAuthors,J.Biol.
Chem.Isotopicallysubstitutedcompounds[Newsletter1980]Namesforhydrogenspecies[Newsletter1989].
Compendiumpages3136.
Recommendationsforthepresentationofthermodynamicandrelateddatainbiology(1985),Eur.J.Biochem.,1985,153,429434Pure
Appl.Chem.,1986,58,14051410.[revisededition1994]
Compendiumpages3738.
Citationofbibliographicreferencesinbiochemicaljournals(1971),Eur.J.Biochem.,1973,37,201202
Aminoacids,peptidesandproteins
Compendiumpages3969.
Nomenclatureandsymbolismforaminoacidsandpeptides.Recommendations1983,Biochem.J.,1984,219,345373Eur.J.Biochem.,
1984,138,9371985,152,11993,213,2Internat.J.Pept.Prot.Res.,1984,24,followingp84J.Biol.Chem.,1985,260,1442Pure
Appl.Chem.,1984,56,595624AminoAcidsandPeptides,1985,16,387410.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.(Addenda:Amide
derivativesofaminoacidsandpeptides[Newsletter1985],Structuresformedbyeliminationofwaterbetweena carboxylandan NH
group[Newsletter1989],Enkephalins[Newsletter1984],Seleniuminaminoacidsandpeptides[Newsletter1986],Useofsecoinpartially
hydrolysedpeptides[Newsletter1986].)
Chem.Listy,1974,68,11561173.(inCzech)[1974version]
Compendiumpages7072.
AbbreviatednomenclatureofsyntheticpolypeptidesPolymerisedaminoacids(1971),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.1972,151,597602
Biochem.J.,1972,127,753756Biochemistry,1972,11,942944Biochim.Biophys.Acta1972,278,211217Biopolymers,1972,11,
321327Eur.J.Biochem.,1972,26,301304J.Biol.Chem.,1972,247,323325PureAppl.Chem.,1973,33,437444.APDF(193kB)
oftheprintedversionisavailable.
Kem.Ind.,1988,37(6),B1B18.(inCroatian)
Compendiumpages7381.
Abbreviationsandsymbolsforthedescriptionoftheconformationofpolypeptidechains(1969),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.1971,145,405
421Biochem.J.,1971,121,577585Biochemistry,1971,9,34713479Biochim.Biophys.Acta1971,229,117Eur.J.Biochem.,1969,
17,193201J.Biol.Chem.,1970,245,64896497J.Mol.Biol.,1970,52,117PureAppl.Chem.,1974,40,291308.APDFofthe
printedversionisavailable.
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Kem.Ind.,1988,37(6),B1B18.(inCroatian)
Chem.Listy,1979,73951964.(inCzech)
Mol.Biol.(Moscow),1973,7,289307.(inRussian)
Compendiumpages8283.
Nomenclatureofpeptidehormones(1974),Biochem.J.,1975,151,14Biochemistry,1975,14,25592560Biochim.Biophys.Acta1975,
404,152155Eur.J.Biochem.,1975,55,485486J.Biol.Chem.,1975,250,32153216.
Kem.Ind.,1989,38(6),B1B15.(inCroatian)
Bioorg.Khim.,1976,2,129132.(inRussian)
Probl.Endokrinol.,1976,22,112115.(inRussian)
Compendiumpages8489.
Nomenclatureofglycoproteins,glycopeptidesandpeptidoglycans.Recommendations1985,Eur.J.Biochem.,1986,159,161989,185,
485GlycoconjugateJ.,1986,3,123134J.Biol.Chem.,1987,262,1318PureAppl.Chem.,1988,60,13891394AminoAcidsand
Peptides,1990,21,329334.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.(Addendum:Nglycan/Nlinked[Newsletter1992].)
Compendiumpages9092.
Nomenclatureofinitiation,elongationandterminationfactorsfortranslationineukaryotes.Recommendations1988.Eur.J.Biochem.,
1989,186,13.[revisededition1995]
Enzymes
Compendiumpages9395.
Nomenclatureofmultipleformsofenzymes(1976),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1978,185,13Biochem.J.,1978,171,3739Eur.J.
Biochem.,1978,82,13J.Biol.Chem.,1977,252,59395941.
Compendiumpages96106.
Symbolismandterminologyinenzymekinetics.Recommendations1981,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1983,224,732740Biochem.J.,1983,
213,561571Eur.J.Biochem.,1982,128,281291.(Addendum:Rateofconversion[Newsletter1981].)
Compendiumpages107108.
Nomenclatureofmultienzymes.Recommendations1989,Eur.J.Biochem.,1989,185,485486andEnzymeNomenclature.
Recommendations1992,AcademicPress,1992,pp562563.
Mol.Biol.(Moscow),1992,26,224225.(inRussian)
Nucleotides,nucleicacidsandproteinsynthesis
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Compendiumpages109114.
Abbreviationsandsymbolsfornucleicacids,polynucleotidesandtheirconstituents(1970),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.1971,145,425436
Biochem.J.,1971,120,449454Biochemistry,1971,9,40224027Biochim.Biophys.Acta1971,247,112Eur.J.Biochem.,1970,15,
2032081972,25,1J.Biol.Chem.,1970,245,51715176J.Mol.Biol.,1971,55,299310PureAppl.Chem.,1974,40,277290.APDF
(385kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.(Addendum:Hyphensinnucleicacidsequences[Newsletter1985].)
HranaIshrana,1977,18,473489(inCroatian)
HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1970,351,10551063(inGerman)
PostepyBiochem.,1987,33,633644.(inPolish)
Mol.Biol.(Moscow),1972,6,167178.(inRussian)
Compendiumpages115121.
Abbreviationsandsymbolsforthedescriptionofconformationsofpolynucleotidechains.Recommendations1982,Eur.J.Biochem.,1983,
131,915Proceedingsofthe16thJerusalemSymposium"NucleicAcids,theVectorsofLife"(editedBPullmanandJJortner)1983,559
565PureAppl.Chem.,1983,55,12731280.APDF(224kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.(Addendum:Atomnumberingin
polynucleotides[Newsletter1985].)
Compendiumpages122126.
Nomenclatureforincompletelyspecifiedbasesinnucleicacidsequences.Recommendations1984,Biochem.J.,1985,229,281286Eur.J.
Biochem.,1985,150,15J.Biol.Chem.,1986,261,1317Mol.Biol.Evol.,1986,3,99108Nucl.AcidsRes.,1985,13,30213030Proc.
Nat.Acad.Sci.(U.S.),1986,83,48.
Carbohydrates,etc.
Compendiumpages127148.
Carbohydratenomenclature.PartI(1969)[underrevision(nowcomplete)],Biochem.J.,1971,125,673695Biochemistry,1971,10,3983
4004Biochim.Biophys.Acta1971,244,223302Eur.J.Biochem.,1971,21,4554771972,25,4J.Biol.Chem.,1972,247,613634.
Chem.Listy,1978,7211821205,12571280.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages149155.
Nomenclatureofcyclitols(1973),Biochem.J.,1976,153,2331Eur.J.Biochem.,1975,57,17PureAppl.Chem.,1974,37,283297.A
PDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
HranaIshrana,1978,19,5789(inCroatian)
[title?]publishedbyPanstwoweWydawnictwoNaukowe,Warsaw,1979,4557(inPolish)
Compendiumpages156157.
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Numberingofatomsinmyoinositol.Recommendations1988,Biochem.J.,1989,258,12Eur.J.Biochem.,1989,180,485486.
Compendiumpages158161.
Conformationalnomenclatureforfiveandsixmemberedringformsofmonosaccharidesandtheirderivatives.Recommendations1980,
Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1981,207,469472Eur.J.Biochem.,1980,111,295298PureAppl.Chem.,1981,53,19011905.APDFofthe
printedversionisavailable.[see2Carb7.in1996recommendations]
Chem.Listy,1988,82422429.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages162164.
Nomenclatureofunsaturatedmonosaccharides.Recommendations1981,Eur.J.Biochem.,1981,119,131982,125,1PureAppl.Chem.,
1982,54,207210.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.[see2Carb17.in1996recommendations]
Chem.Listy,1988,8212821286.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages165168.
Nomenclatureofbranchchainmonosaccharides.Recommendations1981,Eur.J.Biochem.,1981,119,58125,1PureAppl.Chem.,
1982,54,211215.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.[see2Carb18.in1996recommendations]
Chem.Listy,1988,82525531.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages169173.
Abbreviatedterminologyofoligosaccharidechains.Recommendations1980,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1983,220,325329Eur.J.
Biochem.,1982,126,433437J.Biol.Chem.,1982,257,33473351PureAppl.Chem.,1982,54,15171522.APDFoftheprintedversion
isavailable.(Addendum:Shortenedrepresentationofoligosaccharidechains[Newsletter1986].)[see2Carb37.and2Carb38.in1996
recommendations]
Chem.Listy,1989,83181190.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages174176.
Polysaccharidenomenclature.Recommendations1980,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1983,220,330332Eur.J.Biochem.,1982,126,439
441J.Biol.Chem.,1982,257,33523354PureAppl.Chem.,1982,54,15231526.APDF(116kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
[see2Carb39.in1996recommendations]
Chem.Listy,1988,8211981202.(inCzech)
Compendiumpages177179.
Symbolsforspecifyingtheconformationofpolysaccharidechains.Recommendations1981,Eur.J.Biochem.,1983,131,57PureAppl.
Chem.,1983,55,12691272.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
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Lipids,etc.
Compendiumpages180190.
Nomenclatureoflipids(1976)partlyunderrevision,Biochem.J.,1978,171,2135Chem.Phys.Lipids,1978,21,159173Eur.J.
Biochem.,1977,79,1121HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1977,358,617631J.LipidRes.,1978,19,114128Lipids,1977,12,455
468Mol.Cell.Biochem.,1977,17,157171.(Addendum:Derivativesofphosphatidicacid[Newsletter1980].)
Chem.Listy,1987,81715748.(inCzech)[basedonprovisionalversion]
Compendiumpages192221.
Nomenclatureofsteroids,Recommendations1989,Eur.J.Biochem.,1989,186,4294581993,213,2PureAppl.Chem.1989,61,1783
1822alsopagesxxxlixinDictionaryofSteroidseditedRAHill,DNKirk,HLJMakinandGMMurphy,ChapmanandHall,London,
1991.APDF(1597kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
Kem.Kozl.,1975,44,543588(1971version)(inHungarian).
NomenklaturaSteroidow(Zalecenia1989),PolskieTowarzystwoChemiczne,KomisjaTerminologii.Wydawnictwo
UniversytetuWroclawskiego,Wroclaw,Poland,1994,62pp.(inPolish)
Compendiumpages222225.
Nomenclatureofquinoneswithisoprenoidsidechains(1973),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1974,165,15Biochem.J.,1975,147,1521
Biochim.Biophys.Acta1975,387,397401Eur.J.Biochem.,1975,53,1518PureAppl.Chem.,1974,38,439447.APDFoftheprinted
versionisavailable.
Compendiumpages226238.
Nomenclatureofcarotenoids(1970)andamendments(1974),Biochem.J.,1972,127,7417521975,151,57Biochemistry,1971,10,
482748371975,14,1803Eur.J.Biochem.,1972,25,3974081975,57,317318J.Biol.Chem.,1972,247,26332643PureAppl.
Chem.,1975,41,405431.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
HranaIshrana,1975,16,5874(1970version)(inCroatian)
Kem.Kozl.,1983,59,271300(1970version)(inHungarian).
Compendiumpages239241.
Nomenclatureoftocopherolsandrelatedcompounds.Recommendations1981,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1982,218,347348Eur.J.
Biochem.,1982,123,473475Mol.Cell.Biochem.,1982,49,183185PureAppl.Chem.,1982,54,15071510.APDFoftheprinted
versionisavailable.
HranaIshrana,1975,16,241248.(inCroatian)[basedonprovisionalversion]
Compendiumpages242246.
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NomenclatureofvitaminD.Recommendations1981,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1982,218,342346Endokrinol.Inform.,1982(2),5362
Eur.J.Biochem.,1982,124,223227Mol.Cell.Biochem.,1982,49,177181PureAppl.Chem.,1982,54,15111516.APDF(180kB)of
theprintedversionisavailable.
Kem.Ind.,1989,38(6),B1B15.(inCroatian)
Compendiumpages247251.
Nomenclatureofretinoids.Recommendations1981,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1983,224,728731Eur.J.Biochem.,1982,129,15J.
Biol.Chem.,1983,258,53295333PureAppl.Chem.,1983,55,721726.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
Kem.Ind.,1989,38(6),B1B15.(inCroatian)
Compendiumpages252255.
Nomenclatureofprenols.Recommendations1986,Eur.J.Biochem.,1987,167,181184J.Biol.Chem.,1988,263,601604PureAppl.
Chem.,1987,59,683689.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
Miscellaneous
Compendiumpages256264.
Nomenclatureofphosphoruscontainingcompoundsofbiochemicalimportance(1976),Biochem.J.,1978,171,119Eur.J.Biochem.,
1977,79,19HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1977,358,599616Proc.NatlAcad.Sci.USA,1977,74,22222230.(Addenda:
Commentsonthenomenclatureofphosphoruscontainingcompounds[Newsletter1980]Representativephospholipidsinvolving
diesterifiedphosphoricacid[Newsletter1985].)
Chem.Listy,1987,81715748.(inCzech)
Mol.Biol.(Moscow),1993,27461474.(inRussian)
Compendiumpages266268.
Nomenclatureandsymbolsforfolicacidandrelatedcompounds.Recommendations1986,Eur.J.Biochem.,1987,168,251253J.Biol.
Chem.,1987,263,605607PureAppl.Chem.,1987,59,833836.APDF(98kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
Compendiumpages269271.
NomenclatureforvitaminsB6andrelatedcompounds(1973),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1974,162,15Biochem.J.,1974,137,417421
Biochemistry,1974,13,10561058Biochim.Biophys.Acta,1974,354,155159Eur.J.Biochem.,1973,40,325327PureAppl.Chem.,
1973,33,445452.APDF(211kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
HranaIshrana,1975,16,135142.(inCroatian)
Compendiumpages272277.
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Nomenclatureofcorrinoids(1973),Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1974,161(2),iiixiBiochem.J.,1975,147,110Biochemistry,1974,13,
15551560Eur.J.Biochem.,1974,45,712PureAppl.Chem.,1976,48,495502.APDFoftheprintedversionisavailable.
HranaIshrana,1977,18,565581.(inCroatian)
Compendiumpages278329.
Thenomenclatureoftetrapyrroles.Recommendations1986,Eur.J.Biochem.,1988,178,277328PureAppl.Chem.,1987,59,779832.A
PDF(1359kB)oftheprintedversionisavailable.
Excerptsfromthenewsletters
Seelistatend.
Compendiumpage331.
Parenthesisandsquarebracketsinchemicalformulae[Newsletter1981].
Prealbuminbecomestransthyretin?[Newsletter1981].
Compendiumpage332.
Whatisalectin?[Newsletter1981].
Massesofmoles[Newsletter1981].
Compendiumpage333.
Synthasesandligases[Newsletter1984].
Glycatedproteins[Newsletter1984].
Interferonnomenclature[Newsletter1984].
Compendiumpage334.
Chitobiose[Newsletter1988].
WhatisrDNA?[Newsletter1988].
DesignationofthetwostrandsofDNA[Newsletter1989].
Themeaningof'homology'and'homologous'[Newsletter1989].
Compendiumpage335.
Ligandsinbiochemistryandinorganicchemistry[Newsletter1992].
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Numberingofsteroidsidechainatoms[Newsletter1992].
Compendiumpages336340.
JournalshavingpublishedthedocumentsofthesuccessivenomenclaturecommitteesoftheInternationalUnionofBiochemistry:CBN,
JCBNandNCIUB.
Compendiumpages341343.
Otherdocumentsofbiochemicalinterest.
Compendiumpages344347.
Otherdocumentsofinteresttoauthorsandeditors.
ListofNewsletters
Newsletter1980,Eur.J.Biochem.,1980,104,321322HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1980,361,IIV.
Newsletter1981,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1981,206,458462Eur.J.Biochem.,1981,114,14HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1981,
362,IIVJ.Biol.Chem.,1981,256,1214.
Newsletter1982,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1982,213,734736Biochem.Internat.,1982,4,followingp116Eur.J.Biochem.,1982,122,
437438HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1982,363,IIVTrendsBiochem.Sci.,1982,7,10.
Newsletter1983,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1983,220,321324Biochem.Internat.,1983,6,followingp128Biochem.J.,1983,209,IIV
Canad.J.Biochem.CellBiol.,1983,61,vixEur.J.Biochem.,1983,131,13HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1983,364,IIVTrends
Biochem.Sci.,1983,8,variousissues.
Newsletter1984,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1984,229,237245Biochem.Internat.,1984,8,followingp202Biochem.J.,1984,217,IIV
Biosci.Rep.,1984,4,177180Chem.Internat.,1984(3),2425Eur.J.Biochem.,1984,138,57HoppeSeyler'sZ.Physiol.Chem.,1984,
365,IIVTrendsBiochem.Sci.,1984,9,variousissues.
Newsletter1985,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1985,238,688692Biochem.Internat.,1985,10,followingp128Biochem.J.,1985,225,I
IVBiol.Chem.HoppeSeyler,1985,366,37Biosci.Rep.,1985,5,185188Chem.Internat.,1984(7),79Eur.J.Biochem.,1985,146,
237239TrendsBiochem.Sci.,1984,91985,10,variousissues.
Newsletter1986,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1986,244,393395Biochem.Internat.,1986,12,followingp180Biochem.J.,1986,233,I
IIIBiol.Chem.HoppeSeyler,1986,367,14Biosci.Rep.,1986,6,121125Chem.Internat.,1986,8(4),3031Eur.J.Biochem.,1986,
154,485487.
Newsletter1988,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1988,260,851854Biochem.Internat.,1988,16,followingp192Bioch.J.,1988,249,IIII
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Biol.Chem.HoppeSeyler,1988,369,14Eur.J.Biochem.,1987,170,79.
Newsletter1989,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1989,272,262266Biochem.Internat.,1989,20,209214Bioch.J.,1989,265,IIVBiol.
Chem.HoppeSeyler,1989,370,11531156Eur.J.Biochem.,1989,183,14.
Newsletter1992,Arch.Biochem.Biophys.,1992,294,322325Biochem.Internat.,1992,26,567575Bioch.J.,1992,282,IIIIBiol.
Chem.HoppeSeyler,1992,373,14Chem.Int.,1992,14,140141Eur.J.Biochem.,1992,204,13.
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