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The biological membranes of cellular organization enfold an important group of membrane proteins called the ATPases, which are not only versatile in maintaining chemical gradient and electrical potential across the membrane but also bring metabolites necessary for cell metabolism and drive out toxins, waste products and solutes that otherwise can curb cell functions. ATPases are distributed virtually in all live forms starting from unicellular to multicellular and also in viruses. There are different types of ATPases, which differ in function and structure and in the type of ions they transport. The three main types of the ion pump ATPase family are: (i) P-type ATPases that transport different ions across membranes and Ca 2+ ATPases belongs to this catagory (ii) F-type ATPase in mitochondria, chloroplasts and bacterial plasma membranes produce ATP using the proton gradient; and (iii) V-type ATPase catalyzes ATP hydrolysis to transport solutes and maintains acidic pH in organelles like lysosomes. Genetic defects in either of the ATPases cause several diseases and a number of researches have demonstrated the involvement of the members of ATPases in the cell pathology and diseases, thereby penetrating exciting new areas of our understanding. In this book, the authors summarize recent knowledge about the molecular mechanisms associated with Ca 2+ -ATPase, V-ATPase
and F-ATPase in intracellular and extracellular Ca 2+ transport, mitochondrial ATP synthase, vesicular H + transport, and lysosomal pH regulation. This book thereby bridges the gap between fundamental research and biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. The book provides an informative resource to improve ATPase research and modern therapeutic approaches toward different life threatening diseases that are associated with dysregulation of the ATPases.

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Part A.- 1 Historical Perspectives of Ca2+ ATPase.- 2 The Plasma Membrane Ca2+ATPases: Isoforms Specificity and
Functional Versatility.- 3 PMCA2 w/a Splice Variant: A Key Regulator of Hair Cell Mechanotransduction Machinery.-
4 PMCA-3, A Mysterious Isoform of Calcium Pump.- 5 The ATP2B Plasma Membrane Ca2+ ATPase Family: Regulation in
Response to Changing Demands of Cellular Calcium Transport.- 6 The Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase and the Na/Ca
exchanger in beta-cell Function and Diabetes.- 7 Long-range Allosteric Regulation of Pumps and Transporters: What Can
We Learn From Mammalian NCX Antiporters?.- 8 Regulation of Ca2+/Mg2+ecto-ATPase in the Heart.- Part B.- 9 The
Ca2+-ATPase of the Sarco/endoplasmic Reticulum(SERCA):Structure and Control.- 10 Functional and Structural
Insights into Sarcolipin, a Regulator of the Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPases.- 11 Regulation of Sarco
(endo)plasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase (SERCA) in Response to Exercise.- 12 Calcium Handling in Pulmonary
Vasculature Under Oxidative Stress: Focus on SERCA.- 13 Plant Type 2B Ca2+-ATPases: The Diversity of Isoforms of
the Model PlantArabidopsis Thaliana.- 14 Regulation of Ca2+ transport ATPase by Amino-and Carboxy Terminal
Extensions: Mechanisms and (Patho)Physiological Implications.- Part A.- 15 Function and Regulation of Mammalian
V-ATPase Isoforms.- 16 Eucaryotic V-type ATPase and its Super Complexes: From Structure and Function to Disease
and Drug Targeting.- 17 Vacuolar ATPase in Physiology and Pathology: Roles in Neurobiology, Infectious Disease and
Cancer.- 18 Vacular H+-ATPase Signaling in Cancer.- 19 V-ATPases and their Implication in Oral Cancer.- 20 The
Vacular Proton ATPase (V-ATPase): Regulation and Therapeutic Targeting.- Part D.- 21 Thiol-related Regulation of
the Mitochondrial F1Fo-ATPase Activity.- 22 F1Fo-ATPase Functions Under Markedly Acidic Conditions in Bacteria.-
23 Tuning the ATPase Activity of Hsp 90.- 24 Role of ATPase in Disease Processes.- 25 Renal H+-ATPase Function,
Regulation, and Role in Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis.- 26 Plasma Membrane ATPase: Potential Target for Antifungal
Drug Therapy.- 27 The Yeast Ca2+-ATPases and Ca2+/H+ Exchangers of the Secretory Pathway and Their Regul ation.- 28
Role of P5A-type ATPase in Ion Homeostasis and Signalling: Shedding Light on obscure Pump.

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