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Structure and function of the components of the photosynthetic apparatus and the molecular biology of these components have become the dominant themes in advances in our understanding of the light reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions presents our current understanding of these reactions in thylakoid membranes.
Topics covered include the photosystems, the cytochrome b6-f complex, plastocyanin, ferredoxin, FNR, light-harvesting complexes, and the coupling factor. Chapters are also devoted to the structure of thylakoid membranes, their lipid composition, and their biogenesis. Updates on the crystal structures of cytochrome f, ATP synthase and photosystem I are presented and a section on molecular biology and evolution of the photosynthetic apparatus is also included. The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive overview of photosynthetic reactions in eukaryotic thylakoids.
The book is intended for a wide audience, including graduate students and researchers active in this field, as well as those individuals who have interests in plant biochemistry and molecular biology or plant physiology.
Sommario
Electron Transfer and Energy Transduction in Photosynthesis: An Overview.- Thylakoid Membranes: Structure.- Structure, Composition, Functional Organization and Dynamic Properties of Thylakoid Membranes.- Evolution of Thylakoid Structure.- Thylakoid Membranes: Synthesis and Assembly of Thylakoid Membranes.- Control of Thylakoid Membrane Development and Assembly.- Development of Thylakoid Membrane Stacking.- Biosynthesis of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids.- Targeting of Proteins Into and Across the Thylakoid Membrane.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Oxygen Evolution.- to Oxygen Evolution and the Oxygen-Evolving Complex.- Oxygen Evolution.- Protons and Charge Indicators in Oxygen Evolution.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Photosystem II.- to the Photosystem II Reaction Center- Isolation and Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization.- Structure, Dynamics, and Energy Conversion Efficiency in Photosystem II.- Form and Function of Cytochrome b-559.- Photosystem II Heterogeneity.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Photosystem I.- to Photosystem I: Reaction Center Function, Composition and Structure.- Photosystem I Electron Transfer Reactions-Components and Kinetics.- Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-Dependent Enzymes.- Structure Analysis of Single Crystals of Photosystem I by X-Ray, EPR and ENDOR: A Short Status Report.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Components of Intersystem Electron Transfer.- The Cytochrome b6f Complex-Composition, Structure and Function.- Basic Aspects of Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions with Applications to Photosynthesis.- Plastocyanin: Structure, Location, Diffusion and Electron Transfer Mechanisms.- Some Consequences of the High Resolution X-Ray Structure Analysis of Cytochrome f.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Coupling Factor.- An Overview of the Function,Composition and Structure of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase.- The Relationship Between the Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase.- The Regulation of Chloroplast ATP Synthase, CF0-CF1.- The Structure of the CF1 Part of the ATP-Synthase Complex from Chloroplasts.- The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Light Harvesting Complexes.- Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Algae: Introduction, Survey and Nomenclature.- The Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Binding Polypeptides and Their Genes in Angiosperm and Gymnosperm Species.- Excitation Energy Transfer: Functional and Dynamic Aspects of Lhc (cab) Proteins.- Carotenoids: Localization and Function.- Molecular Biology/Genetics of the Photosynthetic Apparatus: The Chloroplast Genome.- Chloroplast Gene Expression: Regulation at Multiple Levels.- Chloroplast Transformation: Current Results and Future Prospects.- Molecular Biology/Genetics of the Photosynthetic Apparatus: The Chloroplast Genome.- Regulation of Expression of Nuclear Genes Encoding Polypeptides Required for the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis.- The Evolution of Plastids and the Photosynthetic Apparatus.
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`In summary, the book offers ample information on the light reaction of the chloroplast. It can be recommended as a reference book to researchers inside and outside this field. It will be of help even for graduate students in plant physiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 151:6
