The Structural Basis of Biological Energy Generation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Proton-Pumping Microbial Rhodopsins – Ubiquitous Structurally Simple Helpers of Respiration and Photosynthesis....Pages 1-20
Structure and Functional Heterogeneity of Fucoxanthin-Chlorophyll Proteins in Diatoms....Pages 21-37
Structure-Function Relationship in Peridinin-Chlorophyll Proteins....Pages 39-58
Piecing Together the Phycobilisome....Pages 59-76
Chlorosomes: Structure, Function and Assembly....Pages 77-109
The Structure of ATPsynthases in Photosynthesis and Respiration....Pages 111-132
Carboxysomes – Sequestering RubisCO for Efficient Carbon Fixation....Pages 133-148
Rieske/Cytochrome b Complexes: The Turbo Chargers of Chemiosmosis....Pages 149-165
Quinol Oxidases....Pages 167-185
Probing the Action of Cytochrome c Oxidase....Pages 187-198
Evolution of Structural and Coordination Features Within the Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B Family....Pages 199-215
Respiratory Chain Supercomplexes in Mitochondria....Pages 217-229
Energy Conservation in Heliobacteria: Photosynthesis and Central Carbon Metabolism....Pages 231-247
The Architecture of Cyanobacteria, Archetypes of Microbial Innovation....Pages 249-275
Respiration and Oxidative Phosphorylation in Mycobacteria....Pages 277-293
The Structure and Morphology of Red Algae Chloroplasts....Pages 295-308
Green Algae....Pages 309-333
Carbon Fixation in Diatoms....Pages 335-362
Leaf: Light Capture in the Photosynthetic Organ....Pages 363-377
Lichen Photosynthesis. Scaling from the Cellular to the Organism Level....Pages 379-400
Electron Transport in the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain....Pages 401-417
The Hydrogenosome....Pages 419-433
Biogenesis of Chloroplasts....Pages 435-449
Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Quality Control....Pages 451-476
Back Matter....Pages 477-483