Energy Conservation in Biological Membranes

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Evolutionary Aspects of Biological Energy Conversion....Pages 3-18
Organization of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain....Pages 19-30
Contribution of the Mitochondrial Genetic System to the Biogenesis of Ubiquinone: Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase....Pages 31-42
Beef Heart Complex III: Isolation and Characterization of the Heme b -Carrying Subunits....Pages 43-52
Sequence Homology of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunits to Electron Carriers of Photophosphorylation....Pages 53-55
Low Temperature Electron Transport in Cytochrome c in the Cytochrome c -Cytochrome Oxidase Reaction: Evidence for Electron Tunneling....Pages 56-73
Structure and Function of Iron-Sulfur Proteins....Pages 74-83
Organization of the Photosynthetic Electron Transport System of Chloroplasts in the Thylakoid Membrane....Pages 84-95
Electron Transport Phosphorylation in Anaerobic Bacteria....Pages 96-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
The Plastoquinone Pool as Possible Hydrogen Pump....Pages 109-112
Proton Pumping Across the Thylakoid Membrane Resolved in Time and Space....Pages 113-127
Redox-Linked Proton Pumps in Mitochondria....Pages 128-139
Light-Driven Proton Translocation and Energy Conservation by Halobacteria....Pages 140-151
Conformational Changes and Cooperation of Bacteriorhodopsin....Pages 152-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Mitochondrial Adenosine Triphosphatase Complex of Rat Liver — A Progress Report....Pages 159-194
Protonophoric Action of Coupling Factor ATPase — Its Reconstitution from Purified Subunits, Reconstitution Into ATP-Synthesizing Vesicles, and Image Reconstruction....Pages 195-219
Energy Transfer Inhibition in Photophosphorylation and Oxidative Phosphorylation by 3’-Esters of ADP....Pages 220-227
Amino Acid Sequence of the Putative Protonophore of the Energy-Transducing ATPase Complex....Pages 228-236
Chemical Mechanisms in Energy Coupling....Pages 237-242
On the Role and Interrelation of Nucleotide Binding Sites in Oxidative Phosphorylation....Pages 243-246
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Photoaffinity Labeling of Coupling Factor ATPase from Micrococcus luteus ....Pages 247-249
Long-Chain n-Alkylamines as Inhibitors of Coupling and Uncoupling in Beef Heart Mitochondria....Pages 250-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Control of Energy Flux in Biological Systems....Pages 255-263
The Efficiency of Oxidative Phosphorylation....Pages 264-287
Back Matter....Pages 288-289