Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Chairman’s Introduction — Structure and Organization of Plastidal Genes and the Features of their Expression....Pages 1-8
Chloroplast Gene Expression and Reverse Genetics in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 9-16
Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Determinants of Chloroplast Biogenesis....Pages 17-22
Regulation of Expression of the Pea Plastocyanin Gene....Pages 23-29
Regulation of Genes Encoding Plastid Proteins During Chloroplast Biogenesis in Euglena ....Pages 31-41
Cellular Differentiation Processes During Chloroplast Development in Euglena Gracilis ....Pages 43-50
Plastid Gene Expression During Chloroplast Development by Two Alternative Pathways in Barley Seedlings....Pages 51-56
Cis-Regulatory Elements Responsible for the Tissue-Specific Expression of the Wheat Cab-1 Gene....Pages 57-61
Characterization of cDNAs which Encode Enzymes Involved in Chromoplast Differentiation and Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Capsicum Annuum ....Pages 63-69
Photoreceptors and their Action on Chloroplast Development Photoregulated Gene Expression....Pages 71-76
Regulation of Gene Expression in Plastidogenesis by Light, Nitrate and Plastidic Factor....Pages 77-84
Action Spectrum of LHC-II Precursor Apoprotein Transcription and Coordinated Translation....Pages 85-90
Heat-Induced “Photo”Morphogenesis in Dark Grown Plants and Circadian Rhythmicity — is there a Connection?....Pages 91-99
Circadian Control of Gene Expression and Morphogenesis by Heat Shock in Barley....Pages 101-106
Coordination in LHC-II mRNA Transcription, Translation and Capacity for Chlorophyll Synthesis: Circadian Rhythm in All Processes....Pages 107-112
Induction of the Early Light-Inducible Protein (ELIP) in Mature Pea Plants During Photoinhibition....Pages 113-118
Regulation by Phytochrome and Oxygen Radicals of Ascorbate Specific Peroxidase and Glutathione Reductase....Pages 119-124
Front Matter....Pages N2-N2
Chloroplast-Specific Import and Routing of Proteins....Pages 125-134
Targeting of Proteins into and Across the Chloroplastic Envelope....Pages 135-141
Import and Processing of the Major Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll A/B Binding Protein of PSII....Pages 143-149
Front Matter....Pages N2-N2
Processing of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b Protein II Precursor — Possible Intermediate Steps Examined by Using Truncated Precursors....Pages 151-157
Protein Targeting to the Thylakoid Lumen....Pages 159-164
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Pigments of the Plastid Envelope Membranes....Pages 165-173
New Aspects of the Intermediates, Catalytic Components and the Regulation of the C 5 -Pathway to Chlorophyll....Pages 175-181
Last Steps in Chlorophyll Biosynthesis: Esterification and Insertion into the Membrane....Pages 183-190
Control of Carotenoid Synthesis and Assembly of PS-II by Light in Mutant C-6D of Scenedesmus....Pages 191-198
Purification and Characterization of Two Glutamyl-tRNA Ligase Fractions from the Unicellular Green Alga Scenedesmus Obliquus , Mutant C-2A’....Pages 199-204
The Photoreduction of Protochlorophyll(IDE) in Scenedesmus and Barley ( Hordeum Vulgare )....Pages 205-210
The Regulation of Protochlorophyll Synthesis and its Physiological Role....Pages 211-215
Pigment-Protein Complexes of Chlorophyll Precursors....Pages 217-224
Cross-Linking of NADPH-Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase in Isolated Prolamellar Bodies....Pages 225-230
IEF of Solubilized Active Protochlorophyllide Reductase....Pages 231-234
Effect of Phosphonic Acid Esters on Photoconversion of Protochlorophyllide in Barley Etioplasts....Pages 235-240
On the Formation of Chlorophyllide after Phototransformation of Protochlorophyllide in 2-Day Old Bean Leaves: Comparison with Etiolated Leaves....Pages 241-245
Chlorophyll Synthesis and Degradation in Germinating Barley Seedlings....Pages 247-252
Susceptibility of Dark Chlorophyll Synthesis in Barley and Pine Seedlings to Inhibition by Gabaculine....Pages 253-258
Chlorophyll Biosynthesis: Spectrofluorometric Estimation of Protoporphyrin IX, Mg-Protoporphyrin and Protochlorophyllide....Pages 259-264
Front Matter....Pages N4-N4
 In Vitro Synthesis of Chlorophyll a Regulates Translation of Chlorophyll A-Apoproteins in Barley Etioplasts....Pages 265-270
In Vitro Synthesis and Membrane Integration of the Chloroplast Encoded D-2 Protein of Photosystem II....Pages 271-276
Characterization of the Sequential Light-Regulated Assembly of Photosystem I Core Complex....Pages 277-284
Front Matter....Pages N4-N4
Biogenesis of Photosystem I....Pages 285-290
Assembly of the Photosystem I Multiprotein Complex and the Oligomeric Form of the Major Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein in Pea Seedlings Grown in Flashed Light Followed by Continuous Illumination....Pages 291-301
PS II Inhibitor Binding, Q B -Mediated Electron Flow and Rapid Degradation are Separable Properties of the D1 Reaction Centre Protein....Pages 303-311
Regulation of Photosynthetic Unit Assembly: Regulation of Light-Harvesting Apoprotein Transcription, Translation and Stabilization in Thylakoids....Pages 313-321
Role of the Chloroplast Envelope in Thylakoid Biogenesis....Pages 323-330
Thylakoid-Bound Protease Activity as Monitored by Azo-Dye Release from Azocoll Substrate is Affected by Thylakoid Development and Chlorophyll Synthesis Inhibitors....Pages 331-336
Proteolytic Digestion of Apoproteins of Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a / b /-Protein Complexes in Barley Leaves....Pages 337-341
Reconstitution of LHCP-Pigment Complexes with Mutant LHCP and Chlorophyll Analogs....Pages 343-348
Biogenesis of Chloroplasts and Pigment-Protein Complexes in Barley Seedlings with Blocked Biosynthesis of Carotenoids....Pages 349-354
Development of Proplastids and Accumulation of LHCP II Apo-Protein in Golgi and Thylakoids of Dark-Grown Wax-Rich Cells of Euglena Gracilis at Low Light Intensities seen by Immuno-Electron Microscopy....Pages 355-360
Low Intensity Light-Induced Development of Thylakoids in Proplastids of Dark-Grown Wax-Rich Cells of Euglena Gracilis ....Pages 361-366
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Reconstitution of the Photosystem I Complex with Genetically Modified PsaC & PsaD Polypeptides Expressed in Escherichia Coli ....Pages 367-374
Organization of the Photosystem II Reaction Center....Pages 375-382
Extrinsic Polypeptides and the Inorganic Cofactors of Photosystem II....Pages 383-390
Glycine Betaine, Sucrose, or Chloride Ions Protect Isolated Photosystem 2 Particles from Denaturation and Inactivation....Pages 391-395
Assembly of the Auxiliary Chlorophyll ab Light-Harvesting Antenna of PhotoSystem-II in Chloroplasts....Pages 397-403
Organization of the Photosystem II Antenna System of Maize Plants Grown Under Intermittent Light Condition....Pages 405-410
Structure of the Cyanobacterial Photosystem II: An Indication of Different Functions of CP47 and CP43....Pages 411-415
Glycolipids are Prosthetic Groups of Polypeptides of the Reaction Center Complex of Photosystem II....Pages 417-422
The Fo and the O-J-I-P Fluorescence Rise in Higher Plants and Algae....Pages 423-426
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Characterization of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Prochlorothrix Hollandica ....Pages 427-432
 Prochlorothrix Hollandica is more Sensitive to Photoinhibition than Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ....Pages 433-437
Comparison of the O 2 -Evolving Complexes of Oscillatoria Chalybea with that of Different Greening Stages of Higher Plant Chloroplasts: An Amperometric and Mass Spectrometric Study....Pages 439-444
The Effect of Temperature and Radical Protection on the Photoinhibition of Spinach Thylakoids....Pages 445-450
The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Capacity of the Electron Transport: Interaction of Light and Structural Organization....Pages 451-455
Does a Heat-Shock Treatment Affect Photosynthesis in Nicotiana Tabacum?....Pages 457-462
Immunogold-Localization of Tubulin-Like Protein in the Intra-Skeletal Structure of Pea Chloroplasts....Pages 463-468
A Platelet Activating Factor-Like Compound Isolated from Higher Plants....Pages 469-474
Front Matter....Pages N6-N6
A Regulatory Feedback Mechanism for Light Acclimation of the Photosynthetic Apparatus: Are Photosystems II and I Self-Regulatory Light Sensors?....Pages 475-482
Dynamic Light Acclimation of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Higher Plants....Pages 483-490
Modification of Chloroplast Development by Irradiance....Pages 491-498
Regulation of the Photosynthetic Adaptation in Scenedesmus Obliquus Depending on Blue and Red Light....Pages 499-504
Light Quality and Irradiance Level Interaction in Control of Chloroplast Development.....Pages 505-509
Reorganization of Thylakoid Membrane Lateral Heterogeneity Following State I — State II Transition....Pages 511-520
LHCII Kinase Activation During Greening Correlates with the Assembly of Cytochrome b 6 /f Complex and Grana Formation....Pages 521-526
Phosporylation on D1 and D2 Proteins of Photosystem IIα Induces Heterogeneity of Q-B Site Activity....Pages 527-532
Redox-Regulated Protein Phosphorylation and Photosystem II Function....Pages 533-537
Thylakoid Protein Phosphorylation Leads to Organization of the Oligomeric Forms of Pigment-Protein Complexes in Pea Grana and Stroma Lamellae....Pages 539-544
Development of Shade-Type Appearance — Light Intensity Adaptation — and Regulation of the D1 Protein in Synechococcus ....Pages 545-550
What do we Know About the Biogenesis and the Development of Secondary Thylakoids (Grana Formation) in Higher Plant Systems?....Pages 551-559
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Site Directed Mutagenesis of a Chloroplast Encoded Protein....Pages 561-565
Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Probe the Role of the D2 Protein in Photosystem II....Pages 567-574
Photosystem I in the Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium, Anabaena Variabilis ATCC 29413: Subunit Composition and Directed Mutagenesis of Cofactor Binding Proteins....Pages 575-582
Towards Protein Engineering of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Chloroplast ATP Synthase....Pages 583-588
Accelerated Rate of Turnover of the D1 Subunit of Photosystem II is Correlated with Inhibition of Electron Transfer From Q A to Q B in Cyanobacterial Mutants....Pages 589-596
Mutations in the Q B -Binding Niche in the D1 Subunit of Photosystem II Impair Electron Transport From Q A to Q B ....Pages 597-602
Isolation and General Characterization of Chlorophyll B Deficient Mutants and their Developmental Phenotypes from the Green Alga, Scenedesmus Obliquus ....Pages 603-610
Back Matter....Pages 611-621