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Current topics in photosynthesis

Dedicated to Professor L.N.M. Duysens on the occasion of his retirement

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  • © 1986

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  1. J. Amesz

    1. Department of Biophysics, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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    1. Department of Biophysics, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  3. H. J. Gorkum

    1. Department of Biophysics, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Reaction Centers

    1. Photosystem I photochemistry: A new kinetic phase at low temperature

      • Pierre Sétif, Paul Mathis
      Pages 45-52

    2. Thermodynamics of the charge recombination in photosystem II

      • H. J. Van Gorkom, R. F. Meiburg, L. J. De Vos
      Pages 53-60

    3. Stoichiometric determination of pheophytin in photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis

      • N. Murata, S. Araki, Y. Fujita, K. Suzuki, T. Kuwabara, P. Mathis
      Pages 61-68

    4. Total recovery of O2 evolution and nanosecond reduction kinetics of chlorophyll-a II + (P-680+) after inhibition of water cleavage with acetate

      • Ö. Saygin, S. Gerken, B. Meyer, H. T. Witt
      Pages 69-76

    5. Mechanism of photoinhibition: photochemical reaction center inactivation in system II of chloroplasts

      • Robyn E. Cleland, Anastasios Melis, Patrick J. Neale
      Pages 77-86

    6. Triplet-minus-singlet absorbance difference spectra of reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26 in the temperature range 24–290 K measured by Magneto-Optical Difference Spectroscopy (MODS)

      • E. J. Lous, A. J. Hoff
      Pages 87-99

  4. Electron Transport

    1. Manganese-histidine cluster as the functional center of the water oxidation complex in photosynthesis

      • Subhash Padhye, Takeshi Kambara, David N. Hendrickson, Govindjee
      Pages 101-110

    2. Mechanism of proton-pumping in the cytochrome b/f complex

      • Pierre Joliot, Anne Joliot
      Pages 111-122

    3. ESR spectroscopy demonstrates that cytochrome b559 remains low potential in Ca2+-reactivated, salt-washed PSII particles

      • Demetrios F. Ghanotakis, Charles F. Yocum, Gerald T. Babcock
      Pages 123-132

    4. Photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport in a cyanobacterium

      • Jack Myers
      Pages 133-145

    5. Anoxygenic photosynthetic hydrogen production and electron transport in the cyanobacterium oscillatoria limnetica

      • Christiaan Sybesma, Diederik Schowanek, Luit Slooten, Nadia Walravens
      Pages 147-156

    6. Oxidation of cytochrome c 2 by photosynthetic reaction centers of Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides in vivo. Effect of viscosity on the rate of reaction

      • H. N. Van Der Wal, P. Y. Gorter, R. Van Grondelle
      Pages 157-164

    7. Photooxidation of mitochondrial cytochrome c by isolated bacterial reaction centers: Evidence for tight-binding and diffusional pathways

      • R. E. Overfield, C. A. Wraight
      Pages 165-177

    8. Isolation of cytochrome bc 1 complexes from the photosynthetic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodospirillum rubrum

      • R. Max Wynn, Dale F. Gaul, Won-Ki Choi, Robert W. Shaw, David B. Knaff
      Pages 179-193

    9. On the action of hydroxylamine, hydrazine and their derivatives on the water-oxidizing complex

      • Verena Förster, Wolfgang Junge
      Pages 195-208
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About this book

Four decades ago, when Lou Duysens was about to start his work on fluo­ rescence and energy transfer in photosynthesis that would lead to his thesis [1], very little was known about the molecular mechanisms of photosyn­ thesis, certainly from our present-day point of view. However, this state of affairs would rapidly change in the ensuing years by the introduction of modern physical and biochemical techniques. Especially the field of optical spectroscopy, on which the work of Duysens had such a significant impact, has proved to be one of the most fruitful techniques in the study of primary processes and electron transfer reactions in photosynthesis. Duysens' thesis established the role of energy transfer in photosynthesis and also showed for the first time the existence in photosynthetic bacteria of light-induced absorbance changes of what is now known as the primary electron donor P-870. Subsequent studies by the same method demonstrated the photo-oxidation of cytochromes, both in bacteria [2] and in algae [3,4] and of the absorbance changes [3] that were later found to be due to electro chromic band shifts of antenna pigments. Measurements of cyto­ chrome kinetics in light of various wavelengths led to the concept of two photosystems in green plant photosynthesis [5], whereas a study of the factors affecting the fluorescence yield of chlorophyll gave the first infor­ mation on the electron acceptor Q of photo system II [6].

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biophysics, State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J. Amesz, A. J. Hoff, H. J. Gorkum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current topics in photosynthesis

  • Book Subtitle: Dedicated to Professor L.N.M. Duysens on the occasion of his retirement

  • Editors: J. Amesz, A. J. Hoff, H. J. Gorkum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4412-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3344-6Due: 30 June 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8463-5Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4412-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 296

  • Topics: Plant Physiology

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