Table of Contents

The Biosynthesis of Biologically Active Peptides: A Perspective (Donald F. Steiner). Themes in Neuropeptide Gene Regulation (Carolyn D. Minth and Jack E. Dixon). Signals for Intracellular Protein Sorting: Implications for Peptide Hormone Precursor Processing and Secretion (Dennis Shields). Tissue-Specific Peptide Processing (Ian Dickerson and Gilles Noël). Glycosylation, Phosphorylation, and Sulfation of Peptide Hormones and Their Precursors (Hugh P.J. Bennett). Peptide Processing Proteinases with Selectivity for Paired Basic Residues (Iris Lindberg and John C. Hutton). Peptide Processing at Monobasic Sites (Lakshmi Devi). Peptide Processing Exopeptidases: Amino- and Carboxypeptidases Involved with Peptide Biosynthesis (Lloyd D. Fricker). Modification of the N- and C-Termini of Bioactive Peptides: Amidation and Acetylation (Alan F. Bradbury and Derek G. Smyth). Extracellular Processing of Peptides (Chris J. Molineaux and Sherwin Wilk).