This book highlights proteasome structures and how they are related to different aspects of proteasome function. Moreover, the book reports on the functional roles these highly developed proteolytic machines play within the cell. It was a great surprise to the scientific world that proteolysis provides crucial functions in cellular regulation. The

Wolfgang Hilt, Institut fur Biochemie Universitat Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany. Dieter H. Wolf, lnstitut fur Biochemie Universitat Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany.