Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications

An Overview of Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications....Pages 1-26
Synthesis, Reactivity and Structure of Chlorophylls....Pages 27-37
Chlorophyll c Pigments: Current Status....Pages 39-53
Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Centers: Specially-tailored Chlorophylls....Pages 55-66
[Heavy metal]-Chlorophylls Formed in Vivo During Heavy Metal Stress and Degradation Products Formed During Digestion, Extraction and Storage of Plant Material....Pages 67-77
Spectroscopy and Structure Determination....Pages 79-94
Spectrometric Assays for Plant, Algal and Bacterial Chlorophylls....Pages 95-107
Chlorophyll Analysis by New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Methods....Pages 109-121
Large Scale Chlorophyll Preparations Using Simple Open-Column Chromatographic Methods....Pages 123-131
Chlorophyll Metabolism, an Overview....Pages 133-146
Biosynthesis of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid....Pages 147-158
Transfer RNA-Dependent Aminolevulinic Acid Formation: Structure and Function Of Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase, Reductase and Glutamate-1-Semialdehyde-2,1-Aminomutase....Pages 159-171
The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme....Pages 173-188
Biosynthesis of Chlorophylls a and b: The Last Steps....Pages 189-200
Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria....Pages 201-221
Involvement of Tetrapyrroles in Cellular Regulation....Pages 223-235
Chlorophyll Catabolites and the Biochemistry of Chlorophyll Breakdown....Pages 237-260
The Evolution of Chlorophylls and Photosynthesis....Pages 261-282
The Infl uence of Protein Interactions on the Properties of the Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer in Reaction Centers....Pages 283-295
Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of the Chlorosomes....Pages 297-307
Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Pigment Protein Complexes from Purple Bacteria....Pages 309-321
Effects of Axial Coordination, Electronic Excitation and Oxidation on Bond Orders in the Bacteriochlorin Macrocycle, and Generation of Radical Cation on Photo- Excitation of in vitro and in vivo Bacteriochlorophyll a Aggregates: Resonance Raman Studies....Pages 323-335
Mapping the Global Ring Currents in Porphyrins and Chlorins....Pages 337-347
Bacteriochlorophyll Protein Maquettes....Pages 349-363
Molecular Assembly of Bacteriochlorophyll Complexes Using Synthetic Light-Harvesting Model Polypeptides....Pages 365-373
Reconstitution and Pigment Exchange....Pages 375-385
Assembly of Model Bacteriochlorophyll Proteins in the Native Lipid Environment....Pages 387-396
Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls....Pages 397-412
Excitation Energy Transfer Between (Bacterio)Chlorophylls—the Role of Excitonic Coupling....Pages 413-430
Mechanisms of Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting Antenna Complexes 1 and 2: Dependence on the Conjugation Length of Carotenoids....Pages 431-443
Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers....Pages 445-459
Chlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 461-483
Bacteriochlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 485-494
Metal-substituted Bacteriochlorophylls: Novel Molecular Tools....Pages 495-506
Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Reporter on in vivo Electron Transport and Regulation in Plants....Pages 507-519
Meeting the Challenge of Monitoring Chlorophyll in the Ocean from Outer Space....Pages 521-534
Geochemistry of Chlorophylls....Pages 535-561