Part I: Reminiscences

1. On the Discovery of Precursor Processing

Donald F. Steiner

2. The Prohormone Theory and the Proprotein Convertases: It Is All About Serendipity

Michel Chrétien

Part II: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

3. The Proprotein Convertases, 20 Years Later

Nabil G. Seidah

4. Insights from Bacterial Subtilases into the Mechanisms of Intramolecular Chaperone-Mediated Activation of Furin

Ujwal Shinde and Gary Thomas

5. The Novel Role of Cathepsin L for Neuropeptide Production Illustrated by Research Strategies in Chemical Biology with Protease Gene Knockout and Expression

Lydiane Funkelstein and Vivian Hook

6. In Vitro Assay for Protease Activity of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexins (PCSKs): An Overall Review of Existing and New Methodologies

Ajoy Basak, Andrew Chen, Swapan Majumdar, and Heather Palmer Smith

7. Inhibitor Screening of Proprotein Convertases Using Positional Scanning Libraries

Iris Lindberg and Jon R. Appel

8. Analyses of PCSK9 Post-Translational Modifications Using Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Thilina Dewpura and Janice Mayne

Part III: Molecular Biology and Genetics

9. The Molecular Biology of Furin-Like Proprotein Convertases in Vascular Remodelling

Philipp Stawowy and Kai Kappert

10. Identification of the Myosin Heavy Polypeptide 9 as a Downstream Effector of the Proprotein Convertases in the Human Colon Carcinoma HT-29 Cells

Nathalie Scamuffa, Fabien Calvo, and Abdel-Majid Khatib

11. Regulation of 7B2 mRNA Translation: Dissecting the Role of Its 5'-Untranslated Region

Haidy Tadros, Gunther Schmidt, Francine Sirois, and Majambu Mbikay

12. Analysis of Epigenetic Alterations to Proprotein Convertase Genes in Disease

YangXin Fu and Mark W. Nachtigal

13. Genetic and Functional Characterization of PCSK1

Hélène Choquet, Pieter Stijnen, and John W.M. Creemers

Part IV: Experimental Models

14. Prohormone Processing in Zebrafish

Michael G. Morash, Kelly Soanes, and Younes Anini

15. Use of Zebrafish and Knockdown Technology to Define Proprotein Convertase Activity

Babykumari P. Chitramuthu and Hugh P.J. Bennett

16. Characterization of Impaired Processing of Neuropeptides in the Brains of Endoproteases Knockout Mice

Margery C. Beinfeld

17. Quantitative Peptidomics of Mice Lacking Peptide-Processing Enzymes

Jonathan Wardman and Lloyd D. Fricker

18. A Proteomic Protocol to Identify Physiological Substrates of Proprotein Convertases

Guiying Nie and Andrew N. Stephens

19. Neurophenotyping Genetically-Modified Mice for Social Behavior

Ramona M. Rodriguiz, Jennifer S. Colvin, and William C. Wetsel