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Acknowledgements xiii
About the companion website xv
Chapter 1 The basic principles of photosynthetic energy storage 1
1.1 What is photosynthesis? 1
1.2 Photosynthesis is a solar energy storage process 2
1.3 Where photosynthesis takes place 4
1.4 The four phases of energy storage in photosynthesis 5
References 9
Chapter 2 Photosynthetic organisms and organelles 11
2.1 Introduction 11
2.2 Classification of life 12
2.3 Prokaryotes and eukaryotes 14
2.4 Metabolic patterns among living things 15
2.5 Phototrophic prokaryotes 15
2.6 Photosynthetic eukaryotes 21
References 24
Chapter 3 History and early development of photosynthesis 27
3.1 Van Helmont and the willow tree 27
3.2 Carl Scheele, Joseph Priestley, and the discovery of oxygen 27
3.3 Ingenhousz and the role of light in photosynthesis 28
3.4 Senebier and the role of carbon dioxide 29
3.5 De Saussure and the participation of water 29
3.6 The equation of photosynthesis 29
3.7 Early mechanistic ideas of photosynthesis 30
3.8 The Emerson and Arnold experiments 32
3.9 The controversy over the quantum requirement of photosynthesis 34
3.10 The red drop and the Emerson enhancement effect 35
3.11 Antagonistic effects 36
3.12 Early formulations of the Z scheme for photosynthesis 37
3.13 ATP formation 38
3.14 Carbon fixation 38
References 38
Chapter 4 Photosynthetic pigments: structure and spectroscopy 41
4.1 Chemical structures and distribution of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls 41
4.2 Pheophytins and bacteriopheophytins 47
4.3 Chlorophyll biosynthesis 47
4.4 Spectroscopic properties of chlorophylls 50
4.5 Carotenoids 54
4.6 Bilins 57
References 58
Chapter 5 Antenna complexes and energy transfer processes 59
5.1 General concepts of antennas and a bit of history 59
5.2 Why antennas? 60
5.3 Classes of antennas 62
5.4 Physical principles of antenna function 63
5.5 Structure and function of selected antenna complexes 71
5.6 Regulation of antennas 82
References 84
Chapter 6 Reaction centers and electron transport pathways in anoxygenic phototrophs 89
6.1 Basic principles of reaction center structure and function 90
6.2 Development of the reaction center concept 90
6.3 Purple bacterial reaction centers 91
6.4 Theoretical analysis of biological electron transfer reactions 96
6.5 Quinone reductions, role of the Fe and pathways of proton uptake 98
6.6 Organization of electron transfer pathways 101
6.7 Completing the cycle – the cytochrome bc1 complex 103
6.8 Membrane organization in purple bacteria 107
6.9 Electron transport in other anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria 108
References 109
Chapter 7 Reaction centers and electron transfer pathways in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms 111
7.1 Spatial distribution of electron transport components in thylakoids of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms 111
7.2 Noncyclic electron flow in oxygenic organisms 113
7.3 Photosystem II structure and electron transfer pathway 113
7.4 Photosystem II forms a dimeric supercomplex in the thylakoid membrane 114
7.5 The oxygen-evolving complex and the mechanism of water oxidation by Photosystem II 116
7.6 The structure and function of the cytochrome b6f complex 120
7.7 Plastocyanin donates electrons to Photosystem I 122
7.8 Photosystem I structure and electron transfer pathway 123
7.9 Ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP reductase complete the noncyclic electron transport chain 126
References 129
Chapter 8 Chemiosmotic coupling and ATP synthesis 133
8.1 Chemical aspects of ATP and the phosphoanhydride bonds 133
8.2 Historical perspective on ATP synthesis 135
8.3 Quantitative formulation of proton motive force 137
8.4 Nomenclature and cellular location of ATP synthase 138
8.5 Structure of ATP synthase 138
8.6 The mechanism of chemiosmotic coupling 141
References 143
Chapter 9 Carbon metabolism 147
9.1 The Calvin–Benson cycle is the primary photosynthetic carbon fixation pathway 147
9.2 Photorespiration is a wasteful competitive process to carboxylation 160
9.3 The C4 carbon cycle minimizes photorespiration 163
9.4 Crassulacean acid metabolism avoids water loss in plants 166
9.5 Algae and cyanobacteria actively concentrate CO2 168
9.6 Sucrose and starch synthesis 169
9.7 Other carbon fixation pathways in anoxygenic phototrophs 173
References 173
Chapter 10 Genetics, assembly, and regulation of photosynthetic systems 177
10.1 Gene organization in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria 177
10.2 Gene expression and regulation of purple photosynthetic bacteria 179
10.3 Gene organization in cyanobacteria 180
10.4 Chloroplast genomes 181
10.5 Pathways and mechanisms of protein import and targeting in chloroplasts 182
10.6 Gene regulation and the assembly of photosynthetic complexes in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts 186
10.7 The regulation of oligomeric protein stoichiometry 188
References 189
Chapter 11 The use of chlorophyll fluorescence to probe photosynthesis 193
11.1 The time course of chlorophyll fluorescence 194
11.2 The use of fluorescence to determine the quantum yield of Photosystem II 195
11.3 Fluorescence detection of nonphotochemical quenching 196
11.4 The physical basis of variable fluorescence 197
References 197
12.1 Introduction 199
Chapter 12 Origin and evolution of photosynthesis 199
12.2 Early history of the Earth 199
12.3 Origin and early evolution of life 200
12.4 Geological evidence for life and photosynthesis 202
12.5 The nature of the earliest photosynthetic systems 206
12.6 The origin and evolution of metabolic pathways with special reference to chlorophyll biosynthesis 207
12.7 Evolutionary relationships among reaction centers and other electron transport components 212
12.8 Do all photosynthetic reaction centers derive from a common ancestor? 214
12.9 The origin of linked photosystems and oxygen evolution 215
12.10 Origin of the oxygen-evolving complex and the transition to oxygenic photosynthesis 218
12.11 Antenna systems have multiple evolutionary origins 221
12.12 Endosymbiosis and the origin of chloroplasts 223
12.13 Most types of algae are the result of secondary endosymbiosis 226
12.14 Following endosymbiosis, many genes were transferred to the nucleus, and proteins were reimported to the chloroplast 226
12.15 Evolution of carbon metabolism pathways 229
References 230
Chapter 13 Bioenergy applications and artificial photosynthesis 237
13.1 Introduction 237
13.2 Solar energy conversion 237
13.3 What is the efficiency of natural photosynthesis? 239
13.4 Calculation of the energy storage efficiency of oxygenic photosynthesis 241
13.5 Why is the efficiency of photosynthesis so low? 241
13.6 How might the efficiency of photosynthesis be improved? 242
13.7 Artificial photosynthesis 243
References 247
Appendix: Light, energy, and kinetics 249
Index 287
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