The Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Research on Purple Bacteria During Twenty-Four Years of International Symposia on Photosynthetic Prokaryotes....Pages 1-4
Freiburg to Vienna—Looking at Cyanobacteria Over The Twenty-Five Years....Pages 5-10
Bioenergetic and Metabolic Process Patterns in Anoxyphototrophs....Pages 11-19
Structural and Functional Analyses of Cyanobacterial Photosystem I....Pages 21-33
Studies on Structure and Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation....Pages 35-50
Development of A psb A-less/ psb D-less Strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for Simultaneous Mutagenesis of the D1 and D2 Proteins of Photosystem II....Pages 51-60
The Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Complementary Chromatic Adaptation....Pages 61-69
Phosphorylation of β-Phycocyanin in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803....Pages 71-75
RpbA Functions in Transcriptional Control of the Constitutive Phycocyanin Gene Set in Calothrix sp. PCC 7601....Pages 77-82
Biosynthesis of Phycobiliproteins in Cyanobacteria....Pages 83-95
The Structure and Function of the LH2 Antenna Complex from Rhodopseudomonas Acidophila Strain 10050....Pages 97-103
Intraprotein Electron Transfer....Pages 105-111
Structural and Functional Analysis of the Orf1696/PucC Family of Light-Harvesting Complex Assembly Proteins....Pages 113-126
Transcriptional Regulation of puf and puc Operon Expression in Rhodobacter Capsulatus by the DNA Binding Protein RegA....Pages 127-130
Mutation Analysis and Regulation of PpsR....Pages 131-138
A Putative Translational Regulator of Photosynthesis Gene Expression....Pages 139-147
A Mutation That Affects Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Results in Altered Expression of Photosynthesis Genes and Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Rhodobacter Capsulatus ....Pages 149-157
The Polypeptides puc D and puc E Stabilize the LHII (B800–850) Light-Harvesting Complex of Rhodobacter Capsulatus 37B4 and Support an Effective Assembly....Pages 159-164
Genes Encoding Light-Harvesting, Reaction Center, and Cytochrome Biogenesis Proteins in Chromatium Vinosum ....Pages 165-168
The Homodimeric Reaction Center of Chlorobium ....Pages 169-181
A Novel Photosystem I-Type Reaction Center from an Oxygenic Prokaryote Acaryochloris Marina that Contains Chlorophyll D ....Pages 183-186
Sensing of Green Light in Complementary Chromatic Adaptation of the Cyanobacterium Calothrix sp. ....Pages 187-194
Characterization of A Synechocystis Phytochrome....Pages 195-199
Photosynthesis and Respiration of Cyanobacteria....Pages 201-209
The Complex I-Homologous Nad(P)H-Plastoquinone-Oxidoreductase of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803....Pages 211-215
Sulfide-Dependent Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Prokaryotes....Pages 217-228
Mechanistic Aspects of the Q 0 -Site of the bc 1 -Complex As Revealed by Mutagenesis Studies, and the Crystallographic Structure....Pages 229-239
Correlation Between Cytochrome bc 1 Structure and Function....Pages 241-250
Identification of Plastoquinone-Cytochrome/b 6 f Reductase Pathways in Direct Or Indirect Photosystem 1 Driven Cyclic Electron Flow in Synechocystis PCC 6803....Pages 251-258
The Cytochromes c of Cyanobacteria....Pages 259-268
Cytochrome c 6 from synechococcus sp. PCC 7002....Pages 269-274
Molecular Properties of Soluble Cytochrome c-552 and Its Participation in Sulfur Metabolism of Oscillatoria Strain Bo32....Pages 275-280
Membrane-Associated C-Type Cytochromes of Rhodobacter Capsulatus Involved in Photosynthesis and Respiration....Pages 281-291
On the Role of Soluble Redox Carriers Alternative to Cytochrome c 2 As Donors to Tetraheme-Type Reaction Centers and Cytochrome Oxidases....Pages 293-302
Characterization of Soluble Forms of the Membrane Bound Iso-Cytochrome c2 from Rhodobacter Capsulatus ....Pages 303-306
The 18 kDa Cytochrome c 553 from Heliobacterium Gestii is a Lipoprotein....Pages 307-313
Electron Transfer Between Cytochrome f and Plastocyanin in Phormidium Laminosum ....Pages 315-328
The Role of Magnesium and Its Associated Water Channel in Activity and Regulation of Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 329-339
Adenylate Regulation of the Cyanobacterial Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 341-355
Extended Heme Promiscuity in the Cyanobacterial Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 357-366
Cyanobacterial Ferredoxins....Pages 367-374
β Subunit THR-159 And GLU-195 of the Rhodospirillum Rubrum ATP Synthase Are Essential for Divalent Cation Dependent Catalysis....Pages 375-378
Energy-Dependent Regulation of Cyanobacterial and Chloroplast ATP Synthase....Pages 379-386
The Inorganic Pyrophosphate Synthase from Rhodospirillum Rubrum and its Gene....Pages 387-391
Proton-Translocating Transhydrogenase From Rhodospirillum Rubrum....Pages 393-397
Characterisation of Redox Proteins Present in the Soluble Complement of Heliobacillus Mobilis....Pages 399-402
Increased Respiratory Activity in Light in Salt Stressed Synechocystis PCC 6803....Pages 403-409
From Plastid to Cyanobacterial Genomes....Pages 411-420
The Rhodobacter Capsulatus Genome Project....Pages 421-430
Circadian Rhythms of Gene Expression in Cyanobacteria....Pages 431-434
Genome Sequence Skimming of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides 2.4.1 T ....Pages 435-441
Transposition of Tn5 Derivatives in the Chromatically Adapting Cyanobacterium, Fremyella Diplosiphon ....Pages 443-451
The Organisation and Control of Cell Division Genes Expressed During Differentiation in Cyanobacteria....Pages 453-461
Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Assimilation Genes and NtcA-Dependent Control of Gene Expression....Pages 463-477
Electron Transport to Nitrogenase in Rhodospirillum Rubrum ....Pages 479-483
Nitrogen Fixation in the Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium ....Pages 485-500
Molecular Biology and Evolution of the Ntr System....Pages 501-508
Genetic Analysis of Heterocyst Formation....Pages 509-515
Organization and Regulation of Two Clusters of nif Genes in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena Variabilis ....Pages 517-521
Biochemical Characterization of HetR Protein of Anabaena PCC 7120....Pages 523-528
An ABC Exporter is Essential for the Localisation of Envelope Material in Heterocysts of Cyanobacteria....Pages 529-537
Regulation of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in the Unicellular Cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp.....Pages 539-548
The P II Protein in Synechococcus PCC 7942 Senses and Signals 2-Oxoglutarate Under ATP-Replete Conditions....Pages 549-553
Involvement of the cmpABCD Genes in Bicarbonate Transport of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7942....Pages 555-559
The Inorganic Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism of Cyanobacteria....Pages 561-571
High-Affinity C4-Dicarboxylate Uptake in Rhodobacter Capsulatus Is Mediated By A ‘Trap’ Transporter, A New Type of Periplasmic Secondary Transport System Widespread in Bacteria....Pages 573-582
The Biochemistry and Genetics of the Glucosylglycerol Synthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803....Pages 583-587
Hydrogenases in Cyanobacteria....Pages 589-594
Subunits of the NAD(P)-Reducing Nickel-Containing Hydrogenase Do Not Act as Part of theType-1 NAD(P)H-Dehydrogenase in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803....Pages 595-601
Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Hydrogen Photoevolution in the Filamentous Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria Chalybea ....Pages 603-608
A Study of the Cytoplasmic Membrane of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942 Cells Adapted to Different Nitrogen Sources By Laser Doppler Electrophoresis....Pages 609-614
Peptide Synthetase Genes Occur in Various Species of Cyanobacteria....Pages 615-621
Widening Perceptions of The Occurrence And Significance of Cyanobacterial Toxins....Pages 623-632
The Natural Selection of Gas Vesicles....Pages 633-646
Lipids of Photosynthetic Membranes in Cyanobacteria....Pages 647-655
Poikilotroph Growth Patterns in Rock Inhabiting Cyanobacteria....Pages 657-664
Developmental Alternatives Of Symbiotic Nostoc Punctiforme In Response To Its Plant Partner Anthoceros Punctatus ....Pages 665-678
Characterisation of Plant Exudates Inducing Chemotaxis in Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria....Pages 679-684
Positive Photoresponses in Rhodobacter Sphaeroides ....Pages 685-692
Properties of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides Flagellar Motor Proteins....Pages 693-698
Isolation and Characterization of Psychrophilic Purple Bacteria From Antarctica....Pages 699-706
Ecology and Osmoadaptation of Halophilic Chromatiaceae in Hypersaline Environments....Pages 707-713
Cloning and Molecular Analysis of the Gene PRQ R Controlling Resistance to Paraquat in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803....Pages 715-718
Hydrogen Peroxide Removal in Cyanobacteria....Pages 719-731
Multiple clpP Genes for the Proteolytic Subunit of the Atp-Dependent Clp Protease in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942....Pages 733-737
The Complex Relation Between Phosphate Uptake and Photosynthetic CO 2 Fixation in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis Nidulans ....Pages 739-744
Discovery, Characteristics, and Distribution of Zinc-BChl in Aerobic Acidophilic Bacteria Including Acidiphilium Species and Other Related Acidophilic Bacteria....Pages 745-750
Identification of A Putative Gamma Linker Polypeptide Gene in the Marine Oxyphotobacterium Prochlorococcus Marinus....Pages 751-761
A Phylogenetically Oriented Taxonomy of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria....Pages 763-774
Criteria for Species Delineation in the Ectothiorhodospiraceae ....Pages 775-780
The Structural Diversity of Inorganic Pyrophosphatases of Photosynthetic Microorganisms and the Molecular Phylogeny of the Homologous Plastid Enzymes....Pages 781-789
An Overview of RNA Polymerase Sigma Factors in Phototrophs....Pages 791-798
Phylogeny of Carotenogenic Genes and Enzymes in Cyanobacteria....Pages 799-803
Primordial UV-Protectors As Ancestors of the Photosynthetic Pigment-Proteins....Pages 805-812
Back Matter....Pages 813-836