Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions

Electron Transfer and Energy Transduction in Photosynthesis: An Overview....Pages 1-9
Structure, Composition, Functional Organization and Dynamic Properties of Thylakoid Membranes....Pages 11-30
Evolution of Thylakoid Structure....Pages 31-40
Control of Thylakoid Membrane Development and Assembly....Pages 41-58
Development of Thylakoid Membrane Stacking....Pages 59-68
Biosynthesis of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids....Pages 69-101
Targeting of Proteins Into and Across the Thylakoid Membrane....Pages 103-112
Introduction to Oxygen Evolution and the Oxygen-Evolving Complex....Pages 113-136
Oxygen Evolution....Pages 137-164
Protons and Charge Indicators in Oxygen Evolution....Pages 165-192
Introduction to the Photosystem II Reaction Center– Isolation and Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization....Pages 193-211
Structure, Dynamics, and Energy Conversion Efficiency in Photosystem II....Pages 213-247
Form and Function of Cytochrome b -559....Pages 249-264
Photosystem II Heterogeneity....Pages 265-287
Introduction to Photosystem I: Reaction Center Function, Composition and Structure....Pages 289-311
Photosystem I Electron Transfer Reactions–Components and Kinetics....Pages 313-332
Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-Dependent Enzymes....Pages 333-361
Structure Analysis of Single Crystals of Photosystem I by X-Ray, EPR and ENDOR: A Short Status Report....Pages 363-375
The Cytochrome b 6 f Complex–Composition, Structure and Function....Pages 377-398
Basic Aspects of Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions with Applications to Photosynthesis....Pages 399-411
Plastocyanin: Structure, Location, Diffusion and Electron Transfer Mechanisms....Pages 413-429
Some Consequences of the High Resolution X-Ray Structure Analysis of Cytochrome f ....Pages 431-437
An Overview of the Function, Composition and Structure of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase....Pages 439-451
The Relationship Between the Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase....Pages 453-468
The Regulation of Chloroplast ATP Synthase, CF 0 -CF 1 ....Pages 469-485
The Structure of the CF 1 Part of the ATP-Synthase Complex from Chloroplasts....Pages 487-492
Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Algae: Introduction, Survey and Nomenclature....Pages 493-506
The Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b -Binding Polypeptides and Their Genes in Angiosperm and Gymnosperm Species....Pages 507-521
Excitation Energy Transfer: Functional and Dynamic Aspects of Lhc (cab) Proteins....Pages 523-538
Carotenoids: Localization and Function....Pages 539-563
Chloroplast Gene Expression: Regulation at Multiple Levels....Pages 565-587
Chloroplast Transformation: Current Results and Future Prospects....Pages 589-619
Regulation of Expression of Nuclear Genes Encoding Polypeptides Required for the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis....Pages 621-641
The Evolution of Plastids and the Photosynthetic Apparatus....Pages 643-657