Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

Springer Netherlands

2006

xxix, 603 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration ; 25

9781280816734

Editorial. Contents. Preface. Colour Plates. Structures, Chemistry, Analysis: 1. Overview; H. Scheer. 2. Synthesis, Reactivity and Structure of Chlorophylls; M.O. Senge et al. 3. Chlorophyll c Pigments: Current Status; M. Zapata et al. 4. Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennas and Reaction Centers: Specially Tailored Chlorophylls; M. Kobayashi et al. 5. [Heavy Metal]-Chlorophylls formed in vivo during Heavy Metal Stress and Degradation Products formed during Digestion, Extraction and Storage of Plant Material; H. Küpper et al. 6. Spectroscopy and Structure Determination, M. Kobayashi et al. 7. Spectrometric Assays for Plant, Algal and Bacterial Chlorophylls; R.J. Porra. 8. Chlorophyll Analysis by New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Methods; J.L. Garrido and M. Zapata. 9. Large Scale Chlorophyll Preparations Using Simple Open-Column Chromatographic Methods; Y. Shioi.- Metabolism: 10. Chlorophyll Metabolism: an Overview; W. Rüdiger and B. Grimm. 11. Biosynthesis of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid; S.I. Beale. 12. Transfer RNA-Dependent Aminolevulinic Acid Formation; D. Jahn et al. 13. The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme; E. Yaronskaya and B. Grimm. 14. Biosynthesis of Chlorophylls a and b: the Last Steps; W. Rüdiger. 15. Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria; N.-U. Frigaard et al. 16. Involvement of Tetrapyrroles in Cellular Regulation; C.F. Beck and B. Grimm. 17. Chlorophyll Catabolites and the Biochemistry of Chlorophyll Breakdown; B. Kräutler and S. Hörtensteiner. 18. The Evolution of Chlorophylls and Photosynthesis; A.W.D. Larkum.- The Native Environment: 19. The Influence of Protein Interactions on the Properties of the Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer in Reaction Centers; J.P. Allen and J.C. Williams. 20. Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of the Chlorosomes; I. de Boer and H.J.M. de Groot. 21. Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Pigment Protein Complexes from Purple Bacteria;J.Köhler and T.J. Aartsma. 22. Effects of Axial Coordination, Electronic Excitation and Oxidation on Bond Orders in the Bacteriochlorin Macrocycle, and Generation of Radical Cation on Photo-Excitation of in vitro and in vivo Bacteriochlorophyll a Aggregates: Resonance Raman Studies; Y. Koyama et al. 23. Mapping the Global Ring Currents in Porphyrins and Chlorins; E. Steiner and P.W. Fowler. 24. Bacteriochlorophyll Protein Maquettes; D. Noy et al. 25. Molecular Assembly of Bacteriochlorophyll Complexes Using Synthetic Light-Harvesting Model Polypeptides; M. Nango. 26. Reconstitution and Pigment exchange; H. Paulsen. 27. Assembly of Model Bacteriochlorophyll Proteins in the Native Lipid Environment; A. Garcia-Martin et al.- Functions: 28. Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls; A. N. Melkozernov and R.E. Blankenship. 29. Excitation Energy Transfer Between (Bacterio) Chlorophylls - the Role of Excitonic Coupling; D. Leupold et al. 30. Mechanisms of Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting Antenna Complexes 1 and 2: Dependence on the Conjugation Length of Carotenoids; Y. Koyama and Y.Kakitani. 31. Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers; J. Wachtveitl and W. Zinth.- Applications: 32. Chlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy; A.S. Brandis et al. 33. Bacteriochlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy; A.S. Brandis et al. 34. Metal-Substituted Bacteriochlorophylls: Novel Molecular Tools; R. Yesushalmi et al. 35. Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Reporter on in vivo Electron Transport and Regulation in Plants; L. Nedbal and M. Koblizek. 36. Meeting the Challenge of Monitoring Chlorophyll in the Ocean from Outer Space; A. Morel. 37. Geochemistry of Chlorophylls; B.J. Keely.- Index

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