Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Electron Transfer and Energy Transduction in Photosynthesis: An Overview

      • D. R. Ort, C. F. Yocum

      Pages 1-9

3. Thylakoid Membranes: Structure

   1. Structure, Composition, Functional Organization and Dynamic Properties of Thylakoid Membranes

      • L. Andrew Staehelin, Georg W. M. van der Staay

      Pages 11-30

   2. Evolution of Thylakoid Structure

      • Gregory R. Wolfe, J. Kenneth Hoober

      Pages 31-40

4. Thylakoid Membranes: Synthesis and Assembly of Thylakoid Membranes

   1. Control of Thylakoid Membrane Development and Assembly

      • Andrew N. Webber, Neil R. Baker

      Pages 41-58

   2. Development of Thylakoid Membrane Stacking

      • László Mustárdy

      Pages 59-68

   3. Biosynthesis of Thylakoid Membrane Lipids

      • Roland Douce, Jacques Joyard

      Pages 69-101

   4. Targeting of Proteins Into and Across the Thylakoid Membrane

      • Colin Robinson

      Pages 103-112

5. The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Oxygen Evolution

   1. Introduction to Oxygen Evolution and the Oxygen-Evolving Complex

      • Terry M. Bricker, Demetrios F. Ghanotakis

      Pages 113-136

   2. Oxygen Evolution

      • R. David Britt

      Pages 137-164

   3. Protons and Charge Indicators in Oxygen Evolution

      • Michael Haumann, Wolfgang Junge

      Pages 165-192

6. The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Photosystem II

   1. Introduction to the Photosystem II Reaction Center– Isolation and Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization

      • Kimiyuki Satoh

      Pages 193-211

   2. Structure, Dynamics, and Energy Conversion Efficiency in Photosystem II

      • Bruce A. Diner, Gerald T. Babcock

      Pages 213-247

   3. Form and Function of Cytochrome b-559

      • John Whitmarsh, Himadri B. Pakrasi

      Pages 249-264

   4. Photosystem II Heterogeneity

      • Jérôme Lavergne, Jean-Marie Briantais

      Pages 265-287

7. The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Photosystem I

   1. Introduction to Photosystem I: Reaction Center Function, Composition and Structure

      • Rachel Nechushtai, Amir Eden, Yuval Cohen, Judith Klein

      Pages 289-311

   2. Photosystem I Electron Transfer Reactions–Components and Kinetics

      • Richard Malkin

      Pages 313-332

   3. Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-Dependent Enzymes

      • David B. Knaff

      Pages 333-361

   4. Structure Analysis of Single Crystals of Photosystem I by X-Ray, EPR and ENDOR: A Short Status Report

      • H. T. Witt

      Pages 363-375

8. The Photosynthetic Apparatus: Components of Intersystem Electron Transfer

   1. The Cytochrome b ₆ f Complex–Composition, Structure and Function

      • Günter Hauska, Michael Schütz, Michael Büttner

      Pages 377-398

Structure and function of the components of the photosynthetic apparatus and the molecular biology of these components have become the dominant themes in advances in our understanding of the light reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions presents our current understanding of these reactions in thylakoid membranes.
Topics covered include the photosystems, the cytochrome b6-f complex, plastocyanin, ferredoxin, FNR, light-harvesting complexes, and the coupling factor. Chapters are also devoted to the structure of thylakoid membranes, their lipid composition, and their biogenesis. Updates on the crystal structures of cytochrome f, ATP synthase and photosystem I are presented and a section on molecular biology and evolution of the photosynthetic apparatus is also included. The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive overview of photosynthetic reactions in eukaryotic thylakoids.
The book is intended for a wide audience, including graduate students and researchers active in this field, as well as those individuals who have interests in plant biochemistry and molecular biology or plant physiology.

• ATP
• Lipid
• Nucleotide
• Oxidation
• Plant physiology
• Polypeptide
• Regulation
• biochemistry
• photosynthesis
• physiology
• proteins

`In summary, the book offers ample information on the light reaction of the chloroplast. It can be recommended as a reference book to researchers inside and outside this field. It will be of help even for graduate students in plant physiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 151:6

• USDA/ARS, Photosynthesis Research Unit, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

  Donald R. Ort

• Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  Charles F. Yocum

• University of Illinois, USA

  Iris F. Heichel

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