Advances in Photosynthesis Research: Proceedings of the VIth International Congress on Photosynthesis, Brussels, Belgium, August 1–6, 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Long-Wavelength Absorbing Forms of Carotenoids....Pages 1-4
Detection and Characteristics of the Pigments of Variegata Leaves....Pages 5-8
Formulae and Program to Determine Total Carotenoids and Chlorophylls A and B of Leaf Extracts in Different Solvents....Pages 9-12
Unusual Pigments in a Primitive Green Alga....Pages 13-16
Artificial Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes....Pages 17-20
Model Systems for Studying Chlorophyll-Protein Interactions....Pages 21-24
Comparative Biochemistry of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes....Pages 25-32
Fluorescence Properties of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes From Spinach Chloroplasts — on the Specificity of the Emission Bands....Pages 33-36
Supramolecular Structure of Pigment-Protein Complexes in Relation to the Chlorophyll a Fluorescence of Chloroplasts at 25° C or at -196° C: Cation Effect, pH Effect and Trypsinolysis....Pages 37-40
The Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes of Prochloron ....Pages 41-44
Pigment-Protein Complexes of Codium, a Marine Green Alga....Pages 45-48
Pigment Composition and Stability in the Intertidal Alga Codium Fragile....Pages 49-51
Changes in Chlorophyll Protein Complexes during the Life Cycle of Scenedesmus....Pages 53-56
Characterization of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes from a Cryptophycea: Cryptomonas Rufescens....Pages 57-60
Chlorophyll- and Heme-Binding Proteins in Porphyridium Cruentum Thylakoids....Pages 61-64
Effect of Hydrolytic Enzymes on Cyanobacterial Pigment-Protein Complexes of Photosystem 1....Pages 65-68
Luminescence Study of PS 1 Pigment-Protein Complexes Isolated from the Cyanobacterium Plectonema Boryanum....Pages 69-72
A 160-Kilodalton Photosystem-I Reaction-Center Complex: Low-Temperature Difference Absorption, EPR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of the Primary Electron Acceptors....Pages 73-76
The Novel Chlorophyll RC I Associated with PS I....Pages 77-80
Structure of a Chlorophyll-RC1....Pages 81-84
Photosystem I Reaction Center from Cyanobacterium Green Alga and Highr Plants....Pages 85-93
Evidence that CP 47 (CPa-1) is the Reaction Centre of Photosystem II....Pages 95-98
Characterization of the Photosystem II Reaction Center Polypeptide (CP47)....Pages 99-102
Lifetime Studies by Phase Fluorimetry in Isolated Light-Harvesting Complexes(LHC): dependance on the agregation state....Pages 103-106
Chlorophyll a/b-Proteins in Their Relation to the Light-Harvesting Complex....Pages 107-114
Magnetic Resonance and Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy of Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll A/B-Protein....Pages 115-118
Structure of Two-Dimensional Crystals of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complex....Pages 119-120
Biochemical Analysis of Polypeptide Composition of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complex from Pea Chloroplasts....Pages 121-124
Detached Light-Harvesting Complex in Chloroplasts of Cold-Grown Triticale Seedlings....Pages 125-128
Polypeptides of the Light-Harvesting Complex in A Chlorophyll b-Less Mutant of Chlamydomonas Reinhardii ....Pages 129-132
Lipid Induced Transformation of the Monomeric to Oligomeric Form of the LHCP....Pages 133-136
Function of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Thylakoid Membranes. Pigment Bleaching in Relation to PS-I and PS-II Activity of Subchloroplast Particles Prepared with Digitonin....Pages 137-140
Function of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Thylakoid Membranes: Chlorophylls Betweeen Pigment-Protein Complexes Might Function by Stabilizing the Membrane Structure....Pages 141-144
Function of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Thylakoid Membranes: Pigment Composition of LHCP-Complexes of Spinach and Chlorella Fusca....Pages 145-148
β-Carotene-Protein and Other Carotenoid-Proteins of Brown Algae and of Cyanophytes....Pages 149-152
Proposal for the Nomenclature of Reaction Centres and Light-Harvesting Complexes from the Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 153-153
Structure and Function of the Reaction Center from Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides....Pages 155-164
The Bacterial Reaction Center: Where is the Center?....Pages 165-168
Studies on the Iron-Binding Site of Bacterial Reaction Centers....Pages 169-172
Low Temperature Magnetic Resonance and Optical Spectroscopy of Chromatophores and (Crystalline) Reaction Centers of Rhodopseudomonas Viridis ....Pages 173-176
Polarized Infrared Spectroscopy of Bacterial Reaction Centers: The LMH and LM Complexes in Reconstituted Membrane....Pages 177-180
A Light-Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complex Associated with the Reaction Center of Green Bacteria....Pages 181-184
Reaction Center Components of the Green Photosynthetic Bacterium Chloroflexus Aurantiacus ....Pages 185-188
Regulation of Photosynthetic Unit Structure in Rhodospirillum Rubrum Whole Cells....Pages 189-197
More than Two Structurally Distinct Types of Antenna in Rhodospirillales....Pages 199-202
Pigment Organization in the Light-Harvesting B800–850 Antenna Complex of Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides ....Pages 203-206
Linear Dichroism and Fluorescence Emission of Antenna Complexes during Photosynthetic Unit Assembly in Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides ....Pages 207-210
Resonance Raman Spectra of Light-Harvesting Bacteriochlorophyll in Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 211-214
Associations of Pigment-Proteins and Phospholipids into Specific Domains in Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides Photosynthetic Membranes as Determined by Lithium Dodecyl Sulfate/Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis....Pages 215-219
Reversible pH Induced Absorption Change in the Bchl B-LH-Protein of the Alkalophile Ectothiorhodospira Halochloris....Pages 221-224
On the Effect of Proteinases, Phospholipases and Group-Specific Reactants on Carotenoid Spectra and Electrochromic Response of Membrane Preparations of Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria....Pages 225-228
Radical Formation by Dark Oxidation of Antenna Bacteriochlorophyll in Rhodopseudomonas ....Pages 229-232
Is the Transmembrane Electrochemical Potential a Competent Intermediate in Membrane Associated ATP Synthesis?....Pages 233-240
Electrical Events and P515 Response in Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 241-246
Protolytic Reactions in the Thylakoid Interior....Pages 247-255
The Inner- and Inter-Thylakoidal Electric Potential of Isolated Chloroplasts in the Dark....Pages 257-260
Diffusion Barriers for Protons at the External Surface of Thylakoids....Pages 261-264
Indications for the Chloroplast as a Tri-Compartment System: Micro-Electrode and P515 Measurements Imply Semi-Localized Chemiosmosis....Pages 265-268
The Kinetics of the Flash-Induced P515 Electrochromic Bandshift in Dependence of the Energetic State of the Thylakoid Membrane and the Ion Concentration in the Outer Aqeous Phase....Pages 269-272
Redox Titrations of the Fast and Slow Phase of the 515nm Electrochromic Absorption Change in Chloroplasts....Pages 273-276
Redox Titration of the Slow Electrochromic Phase in Chloroplasts....Pages 277-280
On the Origin of the Slow Electric Potential Component Induced by Ferredoxin-Mediated Cyclic Electron Transfer in Photosystem I-Enriched Subchloroplast Vesicles....Pages 281-284
Cation Binding to Thylakoid Membranes : Association Constant and Effect on Transmembrane Potentials....Pages 285-288
Temperature Dependence of Electric Events in Thylakoid Membranes: Comparison of Membrane Potential, Surface Potential and Aminoacridine Binding....Pages 289-292
Microchemiosmotic Coupling in Thylakoids : I. Dependence of Local ΔμH on the Topography of the H + Entry and Exit Points....Pages 293-296
Microchemiosmotic Coupling in Thylakoids: II. Dependence of Local ΔμH on the Membrane Conductance....Pages 297-300
Regulation of the Energization of Thylakoids in Leaves and in Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 301-304
Protolytic Reactions at the Donor Side of PSII: Proton Release in Tris-Washed Chloroplasts with t 1/2 ≅100µs. Implications for the Interpretation of the Proton Release Pattern in Untreated, Oxygen-Evolving Chloroplasts....Pages 305-308
Influence of a Proton Gradient on the Activity of the Reconstituted Chloroplast Phosphate Translocator....Pages 309-312
Complex Kinetics of Proton Deposition Inside Chloroplast Thylakoids....Pages 313-316
Permeability Properties of the Chloroplast Envelope for Monovalent Inorganic Cations and their Distribution Between the Intact Chloroplast and the External Medium in the Light and Dark....Pages 317-320
Flash-Induced pH Changes in Photosystem I-Enriched Vesicles Monitored with Neutral Red and Cresol Red....Pages 321-324
The Effect of Trypsin and Chymotrypsin on the 519 nm Field-Indicating Absorption Change in Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 325-328
The Effects of an Electrical Field on the Primary Reactions of System II....Pages 329-332
Electric Measurements of the Kinetics of Photosynthetic Events....Pages 333-336
Membrane Potential Measurements in C 3 Protoplasts....Pages 337-340
The Ionic Conductance but not the Electric Capacitance of Membranes from Photosynthetic Bacteria Depends on the Membrane Potential....Pages 341-346
The Electrochemical Proton Gradient and Solute Transport in Rhodopseudo-Monas Sphaeroides ....Pages 347-354
Simultaneous Measurements of Electrical Field Changes in the Outer Surface and Central Regions of Chromatophore Membranes of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides by Responses of Merocyanine Dyes and Carotenoids....Pages 355-358
Measurements of Surface Potentials in Chromatophore Preparations of Photosynthetic Bacteria in Agreement with the Gouy-Chapman Theory; Estimation of Binding Constants....Pages 359-362
Proton Pumping in Vesicle-Reconstituted Bacterial Reaction Centre/bc 1 and Photosystem I/bf Systems....Pages 363-366
Reaction Centers from Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides in Reconstituted Phospholipid Vesicles. Structural Properties and Light-Dependent Proton Translocation....Pages 367-370
Protons, Thiols and Coupling Factor 1 in Relation to Photophosphorylation....Pages 371-378
Flash-Induced ATP Synthesis in Pea Chloroplasts....Pages 379-382
The Dynamics of Millisecond Delayed Light Emission and Its Relation with Photophosphorylation....Pages 383-386
Inhibition of PSI and PSII-Dependent Flash-Induced ATP Synthesis by Triphenyltin Chloride and DCCD....Pages 387-390
Chemical Models of Pyrophosphate Bond Synthesis and Ion-Radical Mechanism of Photophosphorilation....Pages 391-394
Characterization of ATP Formation from Acetyl Phosphate and ADP by Photosynthetic Membranes....Pages 395-398
Enzyme Kinetics of ATP-ASE and Energy Balance in Thylakoids....Pages 399-402
Enhancement of the Rate of Photophosphorylation in Spinach Chloroplasts by Low Concentrations of Carboxylic Ionophores and Amines....Pages 403-406
Differential Inhibition of P i -ATP Exchange in Relation to ATP Synthesis and Hydrolysis by Glutaraldehyde Modification of Chloroplast Membranes....Pages 407-410
Differential Effects of Short Time Glutaraldehyde Treatment on Light Induced Thylakoid Membrane Conformational Changes, Proton Pumping and Electron Transport Properties....Pages 411-414
Two Phosphorylating Cycles Associated with Photosystem I....Pages 415-418
Coupling between Redox and Acid-Base Energies by Chloroplast Cytochrome b-559....Pages 419-422
The Effect of Flash-Induced ATP-Hydrolysis on the 515 Absorbance Change....Pages 423-426
ATP Synthesis Catalyzed by Reconstituted CF o F l Liposomes Driven by an Artificially Generated Δψ and ΔpH....Pages 427-430
The Rate of ATP-Synthesis as Function of ΔpH and Δψ in Prectivated and Non-Preactivated Chloroplasts....Pages 431-436
Role of the Hydrogen Atoms in the First Chemical Steps of the Photosynthesis....Pages 437-440
Electric Potential and pH Gradient Formation by Reconstituted ATPase Proteo-Liposomes from the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6716....Pages 441-444
The Effects of Light-Dark Transition and of Specific Inhibitors on the ATP Level in Some Cyanobacteria....Pages 445-448
The Inhibition of Nitrate Reduction by Light in Rhodopseudomonas Capsulata is Mediated by the Membrane Potential, but Inhibition by Oxygen is Not....Pages 449-452
Glycerate Transport Across the Chloroplast Envelope....Pages 453-456
A Glycolate Transporter in the Chloroplast Envelope....Pages 457-459
Regulation of the Export of the Reducing Power from Chloroplast to Cytosol in Relation with Molecular Properties of Chloroplastic NADP-MDH....Pages 461-464
Pi and G6P Translocation in Chloroplasts of Codium Fragile....Pages 465-468
The Lactose Carrier of Escherichia Coli Functionally Incorporated in Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides Obeys the Regulatory Conditions of the Phototrophic Bacterium....Pages 469-472
Characterization of Adenylate Kinases from Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria....Pages 473-476
Functional Propoerties of Chloroplast ATPase: The Fate of Tightly Bound ADP and ATP in Illuminated Chloroplasts....Pages 477-484
Correlation Between Membrane-Localized Protons and Flash-Driven ATP Formation in Chloroplasts....Pages 485-492
Modulation of the Chloroplast ATP Synthetase: Conformational States, Nucleotide Binding and Limited Accessibility to the Active Site....Pages 493-500
Conservation and Organization of Subunits of the Chloroplast Proton ATPase Complex....Pages 501-510
Mode of Action and Regulation of Chloroplast H + -ATPase....Pages 511-517
Light Activation in vivo of the Chloroplast Proton ATPase: Effect on the Pi-ATP Exchange Reaction....Pages 519-522
A Dual pH Optimum Model for Activation of the Chloroplast ATPase, CF o – CF 1 ....Pages 523-526
Regulation of the H + -ATPase in Intact and Osmotically Shocked Chloroplasts....Pages 527-530
ATP-Induced ∆pH in CF 0 – CF 1 Proteoliposomes....Pages 531-534
The Role of ADP in Regulation of Chloroplast Coupling Factor....Pages 535-538
Interaction of Membrane-Bound and Soluble CF 1 with the Photoreactive Nucleotide 3′-0-(4-Benzoyl) Benzoyl ADP....Pages 539-542
Nucleotide Binding to the Membrane-Bound Chloroplast Coupling Factor (CF 1 ) in the Light....Pages 543-546
Binding and Exchange of Nucleotides and Magnesium on the Chloroplast Coupling Factor CF 1 ....Pages 547-550
Loose and Tight Binding of Adenine Nucleotides by Membrane-Associated Chloroplast ATPase....Pages 551-554
Activation of the Light Triggered Chloroplast ATPase — Role of Nucleotides and an Inhibitory Peptide....Pages 555-558
Limited Access of Nucleotides to the Active Site of ATP Synthetase During Photophosphorylation....Pages 559-562
Accessibility and Function of CF o -Subunits in Chloroplast Thylakoids....Pages 563-566
A Partial Characterization of the Halotolerant, Green Algal Dunaliella bardawil CF 1 ATPase and its Modification by Fluorescein Isothiocyanate....Pages 567-570
Immunological Studies on the Cross-Binding and Cross-Reconstitution of Maize and Spinach Coupling Factors CF 1 ....Pages 571-574
Detection of Conformational Changes in Chloroplast Coupling Factor 1 by Ans Fluorescence Changes....Pages 575-578
Spectroscopic Studies on the Conformation of Isolated and Membrane Bound CF1....Pages 579-582
Identification and Purification of the α and β Subunits of the Chloroplast Coupling Factor One from Chlamydomonas Reinhardi ....Pages 583-586
Stoichiometry and Function of the δ — Subunit of CF 1 ....Pages 587-590
Analysis of Amino Acids at the Active Site of Chloroplast Coupling Factor One: a Spin-echo nmr Study....Pages 591-594
Chemical Modification of Essential Amino-Acid Residues in the Chromatophore F 1 -ATPase and Its Isolated β-Subunit....Pages 595-598
The Coupling Factor (Ca-ATPase) of the Cyanobacterium Spirulina Plantensis ....Pages 599-602
Properties and Intracellular Localization of a Cyanobacterial (CA 2+ ,MG 2+ )-ATPase....Pages 603-606
A (Mg 2+ -Ca 2+ )-Stimulated ATPase in Spinach Chloroplast Envelopes: Isolation by Calmodulin Affinity Chromatography....Pages 607-610
Mode of Action of the ATP-ase Inhibitor Tri-N-butyl-tin in Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides Cells....Pages 611-614
Arsenylation and Phosphorylation of ADP and GDP in Rhodospirillum Rubrum Chromatophores....Pages 615-618
Characterization and Localization of the PEA Chloroplast Envelope Mg 2+ -ATPase....Pages 619-622
Effect of Chemical Modification of Primary Amino Group of Salt Washed Thylakoid Membrane by Fluorescamine on Different Parameters of Energy Transduction in Chloroplast....Pages 623-626
Salt Adaptation Mechanisms in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6311....Pages 627-630
Interaction of Photosynthetic and Respiratory Electron Transport in Blue-green Algae: Proton-Efflux Studies....Pages 631-634
Respiratory and Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Anabaena Variabilis: Light-Dark Activities of Pyridine-Nucleotide Dehydrogenases....Pages 635-638
Redox Reactions of Cytochrome B-564 and F-556 in Isolated Heterocysts of Anabaena Variabilis (ATCC 29413)....Pages 639-642
Presence of Cytochromes in the Thylakoid and Cell Membranes of the Cyanobacterium Plectonema Boryanum Cultured in Normal and Copper Depleted Growth Medium....Pages 643-646
Membrane Organization of Anacystis Nidulans Following Iron Deprivation and Heme Deficiency....Pages 647-650
Properties of Purified Oxygen-Evolving Photosystem II Particles from the Blue-Green Alga, Phormidium Laminosum ....Pages 651-654
Characterization of an Oxygen-Evolving Photosystem II Complex from a Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus Sp.....Pages 655-658
A Calcium/Sodium Requirement Near Reaction Center II in Anacystis Nidulans ....Pages 659-662
Effects of Ca 2+ Ions on the Light-Induced Electron Transport Activities of Anacystis Nidulans Permeaplasts and Spheroplasts....Pages 663-666
The Single Subunit P-700 Reaction Center of a Thermophilic Cyanobacterium....Pages 667-670
Electron Transfer Around Photosystem I in Cyanobacterial Heterocyst Membranes....Pages 671-674
Transient and Steady-State Kinetics of the Reaction Between Cytochrome c and the Photosystem I Reaction Centre in Cyanobacteria....Pages 675-678
Kinetics of a Chlorophyll a Long Wavelength Fluorescing form: Quenching of F 750 in Relation to PS I Oxido-Reduction State in a Cyanobacterium ( Pseudanabaena SP .)....Pages 679-682
Measurement of Conformational Changes in Pigments of Aphanocapsa 6714 by Fluorescence Lifetime Following Transition from Dark to Light Growth....Pages 683-686
Phycoerythrin: Spectroscopic Analysis of its Subunits and Aggregates from Monomer to Dodecamer....Pages 687-690
Photocontrol of Phycoerythrocyanin Synthesis in an Oscillatoria Strain (Cyanobacteria)....Pages 691-694
Phycobilisome Composition and Relationship to Reaction Centers in Anacystis Nidulans ....Pages 695-698
Bioenergetics of Nitrogenase in Blue-Green Algae. I. Physiological Conditions for Nitrogenase Activity in Phormidium Foveolarum....Pages 699-702
Bioenergetics of Nitrogenase in Blue-Green Algae. II. Electron Transport to Nitrogenase in Heterocysts of Anabaena Variabilis....Pages 703-706
Surface Electric Properties of Thylakoid Fragments Isolated from Vegetative and Heterocystous Cyanobacteria....Pages 707-710
Studies on Glutathione Reductase Activity in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain 7119....Pages 711-714
Regulation of Nitrate Utilization by CO 2 Fixation Products in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans ....Pages 715-718
Possible Role of an Amino Acid Oxidase in Photosystem II of Anacystis Nidulans ....Pages 719-721
A Post-Illumination CO 2 Burst in Anabaena Variabilis as a Measure of Bicarbonate Transport Driven by Cyclic Photophosphorylation....Pages 723-726
Photosynthesis for Energy....Pages 727-740
Specially Developed Photosynthetic Organisms as Future Possibility for Large-Scale Low-Cost Conversion of Solar Radiation into Useful High-Grade Energy....Pages 741-744
The Outdoor Cultivation of the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella — A Model for Biosolar Energy Utilization for Useful Chemical Products....Pages 745-753
Industrial Mass Algae Cultures in Luke-Warm Water....Pages 755-760
Environmental Effects of Ethanol and Methanol Production from Biomass....Pages 761-768
H 2 -Photoproduction of Green Algae: Water Serves as the Main Source of Electrons....Pages 769-772
Photoproduction of Hydrogen by Immobilized “Adapted” Algae....Pages 773-775
Photoproduction of Hydrogen from Water Using Immobilized Biological and Synthetic Catalysts....Pages 777-780
H 2 -Photoproduction of Green Algae: Changes in the Energy State of Chlorella Fusca under H 2 -Photoproductive Conditions....Pages 781-784
Simultaneous Production of Hydrogen and Oxygen as Affected by Light Intensity in Unicellular Aerobic Nitrogen Fixing Blue Green Alga Synechococcus SP. Miami BGO43511....Pages 785-788
Continuous Hydrogen Photoproduction from Sulfide by an Immobilized Marine Photosynthetic Bacterium, Chromatium SP. Miami PBS 1071....Pages 789-792
Biophotolysis: Generation of Low-Potential Reducing Equivalents by Photosystem I-Enriched Subchloroplast Vesicles....Pages 793-796
Photoproduction of H 2 and NADPH 2 by Polyurethane-Immobilized Cyanobacteria....Pages 797-800
Development of Hydrogen Production Activity in the Marine Blue-Green Alga Oscillatoria sp. Miami BG 7 under Natural Sunlight Conditions....Pages 801-804
Effect of Seawater Quality on Biomass and Hydrogen Photoproduction by a Marine Blue-Green Alga Oscillatoria sp. (Miami BG 7)....Pages 805-808
Mixotrophic Growth of Nostoc 268....Pages 809-812
Immobilisation of PS I and PS II on Semiconducting Particles....Pages 813-816
Cyanobacterial Electrode, its Properties and Functions....Pages 817-820
Characterization of a 680-nm Absorbing Hydrated Chlorophyll Dimer as Photocatalyst for the Water Splitting Reaction in Vitro....Pages 821-824
Back Matter....Pages 825-839