Photosynthesis: Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics is the first single-authored book in the Advances in Photosynthesis Series. It provides an overview of the light reactions and electron transfers in both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. The scope of the book is characterized by the time frame in which the light reactions and the subsequent electron transfers take place, namely between <=10-12 and >=10-3 second. The book is divided into five parts: An Overview; Bacterial Photosynthesis; Photosystem II & Oxygen Evolution; Photosystem I; and Proton Transport and Photophosphorylation. In discussing the structure and function of various protein complexes, we begin with an introductory chapter, followed by chapters on light-harvesting complexes, the primary electron donors and the primary electron acceptors, and finally the secondary electron donors. The discussion on electron acceptors is presented in the order of their discovery to convey a sense of history, in parallel with the advancement in instrumentation of increasing time resolution. The book includes a large number of stereo pictures showing the three-dimensional structure of various photosynthetic proteins, which can be easily viewed with unaided eyes. This book is designed to be used as a textbook in a graduate or upper-division undergraduate course in photosynthesis, photobiology, plant physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics; it is equally suitable as a resource book for students, teachers, and researchers in the areas of molecular and cellular biology, integrative biology, microbiology, and plant biology.
Author(s): Bacon Ke (auth.)
Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 10
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 765
Tags: Plant Physiology;Physical Chemistry;Biophysics/Biomedical Physics;Organic Chemistry
Photosynthesis: An Overview....Pages 1-46
The Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center: Chemical Composition and Crystal Structure....Pages 47-64
Light-Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complexes of Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 65-85
The Primary Electron Donor (P) of Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 87-99
The Stable Primary Electron Acceptor (Q A ) of Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 101-110
The Secondary Electron Acceptor (Q B ) of Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 111-128
The Early Electron Acceptors of Photosynthetic Bacteria Bacteriochlorophyll and Bacteriopheophytin....Pages 129-146
The Green Bacteria. I. The Light-Harvesting Complex, the Chlorosomes....Pages 147-158
The Green Bacteria. II. The Reaction Center Photochemistry and Electron Transport....Pages 159-178
The Secondary Electron Donor of Photosynthetic Bacteria the Cytochromes....Pages 179-198
Photosystem II Introduction....Pages 199-214
The Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes of Photosystem II....Pages 215-228
Role of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis....Pages 229-250
Phycobiliproteins and Phycobilisomes....Pages 251-269
The Primary Electron Donor of Photosystem II, P680, and Photoinhibition....Pages 271-288
The Stable Primary Electron Acceptor Q A and the Secondary Electron Acceptor Q B ....Pages 289-304
The Transient Intermediate Electron Acceptor of Photosystem II, Pheophytin (Ф)....Pages 305-322
Oxygen Evolution Introduction....Pages 323-336
Oxygen Evolution —The Role of Manganese....Pages 337-354
Oxygen Evolution UV Absorbance Changes associated with S-state Transitions....Pages 355-364
Oxygen Evolution Extrinsic Polypeptides and Inorganic Ionic Cofactors....Pages 365-375
The Electron Donor to P680 + EPR Spectroscopy....Pages 377-396
The Electron Donor to P680 + Optical Spectroscopy....Pages 397-406
Charge Recombination in Photosystem II and Thermoluminescence....Pages 407-418
Photosystem I Introduction....Pages 419-430
Photosystem-I Membrane, Complexes and Crystals....Pages 431-443
Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes of Photosystem I....Pages 445-461
The Primary Electron Donor of Photosystem I — P700....Pages 463-478
The Membrane-Bound Iron-Sulfur Proteins (FeS-A and FeS-B): Secondary Electron Acceptors of Photosystem I....Pages 479-504
P430: The Spectral Species Representing the Terminal Electron Acceptor of Photosystem I....Pages 505-526
The Iron-Sulfur Center FeS-X of Photosystem I, the Photosystem-l Core Complex, and Interaction of the FeS-X Domain with FeS-A/FeS-B....Pages 527-554
The Primary Electron Acceptor A 0 of Photosystem I....Pages 555-578
The Intermediate Electron Acceptor A 1 of Photosystem I Phylloquinone (Vitamin K 1 )....Pages 579-604
Mobile Electron Carriers Plastocyanin and Ferredoxin, and Ferredoxin ·NADP + · Reductase....Pages 605-634
The Interphotosystem Cytochrome-b 6 f Complex and the Related Cytochrome-bc 1 Complex....Pages 635-664
Proton Translocation and ATP Synthesis....Pages 665-737
