Full Description
This book summarizes recent advances made in the biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology of the enzyme known as Photosystem I, the light-induced plastocyanin: ferredoxin oxidoreductase. The volume provides a unique compilation of chapters that includes information highlighting controversial issues to indicate the frontiers of research and places special emphasis on methodology and practice for new researchers.
Contents
A Personal Historical Introduction to Photosystem I: Ferredoxin + FNR, the Key to NADP+ Reduction.- The Discovery of Bound Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Photosystem I by EPR Spectroscopy.- The Discovery of P430 and Work on Photosystem I Electron Acceptors FeS-X and A0 at the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory.- Historical Introduction to Photosystem I: The Discovery of the A1 and A2(Fx?) Acceptors by Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy.- Association of Photosystem I and Light-Harvesting Complex II during State Transitions.- Structural Analysis of Cyanobacterial Photosystem I.- Structure, Function, and Regulation of Plant Photosystem I.- Molecular Interactions of the Stromal Subunit PsaC with the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer.- Accessory Chlorophyll Proteins in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I.- LHCI: The Antenna Complex of Photosystem I in Plants and Green Algae.- The Low Molecular Mass Subunits in Higher Plant Photosystem I.- Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy of Photosystem I.- The Long Wavelength Chlorophylls of Photosystem I.- Mutagenesis of Ligands to the Cofactors in Photosystem I.- Genetic Manipulation of Quinone Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria.- Optical Measurements of Secondary Electron Transfer in Photosystem I.- EPR Studies of the Primary Electron Donor P700 in Photosystem.- FTIR Studies of the Primary Electron Donor, P700.- Primary Charge Separation Between P700* and the Primary Electron Acceptor Complex A-A0: A Comparison with Bacterial Reaction Centers.- Fourier Transform Infrared Studies of the Secondary Electron Acceptor, A1.- Electrogenic Reactions Associated with Electron Transfer in Photosystem I.- High-Field EPR Studies of Electron Transfer Intermediates in Photosystem I.- Transient EPR Spectroscopy as Applied to Light-Induced Functional Intermediates Along theElectron Transfer Pathway in Photosystem I.- Electron Transfer Involving Phylloquinone in Photosystem I.- The Directionality of Electron Transport in Photosystem I.- Electron Transfer from the Bound Iron-Sulfur Clusters to Ferredoxin/Flavodoxin: Kinetic and Structural Properties of Ferredoxin/Flavodoxin Reduction by Photosystem I.- Electron Transfer From Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin to Ferredoxin:NADP+ Reductase.- The Interaction of Ferredoxin with Ferredoxin-Dependent Enzymes.- Electron Transfer Between Photosystem I and Plastocyanin or Cytochrome c6.- Genetic Dissection of Photosystem I Assembly and Turnover in Eukaryotes.- Assembly of the Bound Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Photosystem I.- The Assembly of Photosystem I Reducing Site.- Thermodynamics of Photosystem I.- Application of Marcus Theory to Photosystem I Electron Transfer.- Modeling of Optical Spectra and Light Harvesting in Photosystem I.- Functional Modeling of Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers.- Cyclic Electron Transfer Around Photosystem I.- Photoinhibition and Protection of Photosystem I.- Evolutionary Relationships Among Type I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers.- Convergent Evolution of Cytochrome c6 and Plastocyanin.
