Photosynthesis, two centuries after its discovery by Joseph Priestley: Proceedings of the IInd International Congress on Photosynthesis Research Volume I Primary reactions and electron transport

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) and His Discovery of Photosynthesis in 1771....Pages 1-18
Oxygen Evolution in Light Flashes; Changes in Energy Transfer to Reaction Center 2 upon Pigment State Transitions and Inhibition by DCMU and FCCP....Pages 19-25
Studies on the Quenching Properties of the Photosystem II Electron Acceptor....Pages 26-38
The Photoactive Chlorophyll-a II in Photosynthesis....Pages 39-45
On the Origin of Light Emission from Chlorella Pyrenoidosa....Pages 47-52
The Acceleration of the Deactivation Kinetics in the Watersplitting Enzyme System of Photosynthesis by Chemicals....Pages 53-60
Kinetic Studies on C550 and its Correlation to the Fluorescence Induction in Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 61-72
The Primary Photochemical Reaction of Photosystem II....Pages 73-80
Electron Donation to Photosystem II....Pages 81-91
On the Mechanism of Water Decomposition during Photosynthesis....Pages 93-105
Effect of Different Preilluminations on the Deactivation of Oxidized Forms of the Photosystem II Electron Donor....Pages 107-114
Action Spectra for Two Oxygen Uptake Reactions in Isolated Wheat Chloroplasts Irradiated Without Added Oxidant....Pages 115-125
Deactivation of the Oxygen Evolving Reaction Complex in Isolated Chloroplasts....Pages 126-132
Distribution of Short-Wavelength Quanta between Parallel Light Reactions....Pages 133-141
Electrometric Investigation of the Reversible Oxidation of Chlorophyll....Pages 143-148
Fluorescence Induction Studies in Isolated Chloroplasts IV. The Inhibition of Electron Transfer from Primary to Secondary Electron Carriers of PS-II at Low Temperature and by DCMU....Pages 149-167
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Induction in Green Plants at Oxygen Deficiency....Pages 169-179
Light Induced Fluorescence Changes in Photosynthetizing Organisms....Pages 180-186
New Results about Chlorophyll Fluorescence “In Vivo”....Pages 187-195
Delayed Light Studies on Photosynthetic Energy Conversion. V. Millisecond Emission from Digitonin Subchloroplast Fractions....Pages 197-205
Delayed Light Studies on Photosynthetic Energy Conversion VI. Effects of Phosphorylation Inhibitors on Delayed Light in the Millisecond Time Range....Pages 207-215
Luminescence Study of Photoactivated Chloroplasts in Normal and Damaged State....Pages 217-222
Delayed Light Emission in DCMU-Treated Chlorella: Temperature Effects....Pages 223-232
Salt and pH Effects on the State and Activity of Pigment Systems in Chlorella Cells....Pages 233-245
On the Mechanism and Regulation of Chlorophyll Photosensitizing Action....Pages 247-252
Kinetics of Various Emission Processes in Chloroplasts, Evidence for Various Reaction Types....Pages 253-269
Decrease in the Degree of Polarization of Chlorophyll Fluorescence upon the Addition of DCMU to Algae....Pages 271-281
Magnetic Dichroism and Polarization of Fluorescence of Chlorophyll in Chlorella....Pages 283-290
Constant Peak Wavelengths and Variable Half-Widths of the Four Major Forms of Chlorophyll....Pages 291-298
Photochemical Hydrogenation of Protochlorophyll and its Derivatives to Chlorophyll Level....Pages 299-307
Intermediate Electron Transport in Porphyridium: EPR Studies....Pages 309-316
The Fragments of Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Chain in Model Systems....Pages 317-329
Motion of Excitons in Photosynthetic Units....Pages 331-336
Excitation Energy Transfer between Biliproteins and Chlorophyll....Pages 337-340
Facilitation of Energy Trapping by Different Forms of Chlorophyll....Pages 341-348
Chlorophyll Study in Oriented Films....Pages 349-357
Electron Exchange Reactions on Light-Sensitive Silver Salts....Pages 359-362
Fluorescence Induction Phenomena on Chlorophyll-Coated Solid Surfaces....Pages 363-368
Fluorescence Induction in Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 369-371
Photochemical Properties and Energy Transfer in Reaction Center Preparations of Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides....Pages 373-382
Studies of Various Reaction Center Preparations from Rhodopseudomonas Spheroides Strain Y....Pages 383-389
Exact Calculation of the Absorption Profile in an Externally Lighted Cylinder....Pages 391-398
On the Role of Plastoquinone and on the Nature of the Primary Acceptor of Photosystem I in Photosynthetic Electron Transport of Chloroplasts....Pages 399-417
Reactions of Plastoquinone and other Photosynthetic Intermediates in Intact Algae and Chloroplasts....Pages 419-430
Ferredoxin as Electron Donor to Nitrogenase in Photosynthetic Microorganisms....Pages 431-435
The Mechanism of Electron Transfer in Plant-Type Ferredoxins....Pages 437-447
On the Enzymology of Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase....Pages 449-458
Whole Cell and Chloroplast Reactions of Algal Mutants Deficient in Cytochrome F (552)....Pages 459-468
The Reaction between Chlorophyll-A I and its Primary Electron Donators....Pages 469-476
The Reducing Side of Photosystem I: Role of Ferredoxin Reducing Substance (FRS)....Pages 477-489
P430: A Possible Primary Electron Acceptor of Photosystem I....Pages 491-497
On the Isolation of the Possible Primary Acceptor of Photosystem I by Immunochemical Methods....Pages 499-506
On the Mechanism of Photosynthetic Sulfate Reduction....Pages 507-514
Oxidation of a Chlorophyll-a Form by Ferricyanide and HOQNO....Pages 515-523
Electron Transport System Associated with Oxygen Evolution in Chloroplasts. Reaction Sites of Inhibitors and Electron Donors....Pages 525-537
Electron Transport Properties of Chloroplasts from Aged Bean Leaves and their Relationship to the Manganese Content of the Chloroplasts....Pages 539-545
Photooxidation of Cytochrome b-559 in Leaves and Chloroplasts at Room and Liquid Nitrogen Temperatures....Pages 547-559
Some Observations on Electron Carriers Related to Photosystem II of Green Plants....Pages 561-567
Effects of Hydroxylamine and DCMU on Photosystem II....Pages 569-576
Trypsin Inhibition of System II Electron Transport....Pages 577-586
Isotopic Exchange, Photosynthesis and Oxygen 18....Pages 587-598
Possible Role of Phytochrome in Phosphorylations and Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution in Corn Leaves (Zea Mays)....Pages 599-609
Deficiency of Photosystem II in Agranal Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of Sorghum Bicolor and Zea Mays....Pages 611-619
Concepts on the Role of Epoxy Carotenoids in Plants....Pages 621-627
Kinetic Studies on the Xanthophyll Cycle of Lemna Gibba L. — Influence of Photosynthetic Oxygen and Supplied Reductor....Pages 629-635
Connections between Sulfide Oxidation and Photosynthetic Electron Transfer....Pages 637-641
Cyclic Electron Flow and Respiratory Inhibition in Wild Type and Mutant Strains of Chlamydomonas Reinhardi....Pages 643-648
Electron Transport in Rhodospirillum Rubrum During Photoaerobiosis....Pages 649-654
Adaptability of Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Rhodospirillum Rubrum....Pages 655-668
Studies of the Electron Transport Chain of Three Non-Photosynthetic Mutants of Chlamydomonas Reinhardi....Pages 669-675
Changes in Fluorescence and Absorbance During Synchronous Growth of Scenedesmus....Pages 677-687
Sites of Inhibition of Photosynthetic Electron Transport by 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-BIS-(P-Chlorophenyl)Ethane (DDT)....Pages 689-699
The Site of Ferricyanide Photoreduction in the Lamellae of Isolated Spinach and Maize Chloroplasts: A Cytochemical Study....Pages 701-721
Quantum Yield of Photosynthesis and the Emerson Enhancement Effect....Pages 723-730
Action Spectra for Partial Reactions of Photosynthesis....Pages 731-737
Influence of Dark Starvation on Photochemical Activities Involving Photosystem I or Photosystem II....Pages 739-744
Electron Transport Pathways between Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII)....Pages 745-752
Different Types of Cooperation between Electron Transport Chains in Chloroplasts....Pages 753-762
Improved Action Spectra of Light Reaction I And II....Pages 763-772
Studies of Possible Physiological Regulators of Light Reactions of Photosynthesis....Pages 773-777
The Photosynthetic Electron Transfer System in Agranal Chloroplasts....Pages 779-788
The Effect of Dibromothymoquinone on Photosynthetic Electron Transport Reactions in Whole Cells of the Red Alga Porphyridium Cruentum....Pages 789-800
Properties of a Small Photosystem II Particle Obtained from Spinach Chloroplasts....Pages 801-812
The Coupling of Electron Transport to the Reaction Centers in Intact and Fragmented Grana Stacks and the Isolation of Photochemical Subunits....Pages 813-823
Further Properties of Stroma Lamella Photosystem 1....Pages 825-832
Photochemical Activities of Chloroplast Fragments Obtained by the Action of Digitonin....Pages 833-845
Photochemically-Active Particles from Chloroplasts Fragmented in a French Pressure Cell....Pages 847-857
Back Matter....Pages 859-860