Contents

41st Meeting of the
Polish Biochemical Society
Białystok, 12–15 September, 2006
Opening lecture
Contents
Endocrine and secretory function of adipose tissue.................................................... 1
by Julian Świerczyński (Gdańsk)
Parnas lecture
L-Asparaginases, their friends and relations................................................................ 1
by Mariusz Jaskolski and Karolina Michalska (Poznań)
SESSIONS
Session 1. Clinical biochemistry..................................................................................... 2
organized by Liliana Konarska (Warszawa)
Session 2. Biotechnology................................................................................................. 22
organized by Tomasz Twardowski (Poznań)
Session 3. Structure and metabolism of muscle cell.................................................... 33
organized by Andrzej Dżugaj (Wrocław)
Session 4. Biochemistry of nutrition and nutrigenomics........................................... 40
organized by Elżbieta Kostyra (Olsztyn)
Session 5. Biochemistry of extracellular matrix........................................................... 48
organized by Yanusz Wegrowski (Reims, France)
Session 6. Biochemistry in agriculture.......................................................................... 55
organized by Wiesław Oleszek (Puławy)
Session 7. Biochemistry of lipids.................................................................................... 64
organized by Julian Świerczyński (Gdańsk)
Session 8. Biochemistry of tumours.............................................................................. 72
organized by Mieczysław Chorąży (Gliwice)
Session 9. Bioenergetics................................................................................................... 97
organized by Adam Szewczyk (Warszawa)
Session 10. Free radicals in biology and medicine . .................................................................106
organized by Grzegorz Bartosz (Łódź)
Session 11. Nucleic acids.................................................................................................. 144
organized by Jan Barciszewski (Poznań)
Session 12. Glycoconjugates............................................................................................ 161
organized by Krzysztof Zwierz (Białystok)
Session 13. Miscellanea..................................................................................................... 171
organized by Andrzej Gindzieński (Białystok)
Index of Authors............................................................................................................... 223
41st Meeting of the
Polish Biochemical Society
Białystok, 12–15 September, 2006
Patronage
Andrzej Legocki — president of the Polish Academy of Sciences
HONORARY COMMITTEE
Jerzy Chmielowski (Katowice)
Mieczysław Chorąży (Gliwice)
Janina Kwiatkowska-Korczak (Wrocław)
Zygmunt Machoy (Szczecin)
Bronisława Morawiecka (Warszawa)
Włodzimierz Ostrowski (Kraków)
Konstancja Raczyńska-Bojanowska (Warszawa)
David Shugar (Warszawa)
Lech Wojtczak (Warszawa)
Zofia Zielińska (Warszawa)
Mariusz Żydowo (Gdańsk)
Scientific Committee
Jan Barciszewski (Poznań)
Grzegorz Bartosz (Łódź)
Mieczysław Chorąży (Gliwice)
Andrzej Dżugaj (Wrocław)
Andrzej Gindzieński (Białystok)
Liliana Konarska (Warszawa)
Elżbieta Kostyra (Olsztyn)
Wiesław Oleszek (Puławy)
Jerzy Pałka (Białystok)
Adam Szewczyk (Warszawa)
Julian Świerczyński (Gdańsk)
Tomasz Twardowski (Poznań)
Yanusz Wegrowski (Reims, Francja)
Krzysztof Zwierz (Białystok)
Local Organizing Committee
Edward Bańkowski — chairman
Krzysztof Sobolewski
Nina Syrewicz
Marzanna Cechowska-Pasko
Zofia Galewska
meeting venue
Białystok Technical University
Wiejska 45A, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
Tomasz Gogiel
Andrzej Małkowski
Lech Romanowicz
Elżbieta Skrzydlewska
Małgorzata Wolańska