Photosynthesis: Molecular Biology and Bioenergetics [Paperback]

Plant productivity depends upon the photosynthetic conversion of the light energy into chemical energy stored in the biomass of plants. An intermediate step in this energy conversion process is electron transfer and proton translocation. At present, several research groups are working on projects that are expected to lead to rapid improvement of our understanding of the photosynthetic process. This book is a compilation of the work being done on the applications of molecular biology and bioenergetics of photosynthesis.Plant productivity depends upon the photosynthetic conversion of the light energy into chemical energy stored in the biomass of plants. An intermediate step in this energy conversion process is electron transfer and proton translocation. At present, several research groups are working on projects that are expected to lead to rapid improvement of our understanding of the photosynthetic process. This book is a compilation of the work being done on the applications of molecular biology and bioenergetics of photosynthesis.1: Genes and Polypeptides of Photosystem.- Genes of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Higher Plants Structure, Expression and Strategies for their Engineering.- Specific Mutagenesis as a Tool for the Analysis of Structure/Function Relationships in Photosystem II.- Replication of Chloroplast DNA: Replication Origins, Topoisomerase I, and In Vitro Replication.- Molecular Genetics of Herbicide Resistance in Cyanobacteria.- Molecular Analysis of a Gene (irp A) Encoding a Function Essential for Iron-limited Growth in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2.- Primary Structure and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Mn-stabilising Protein Involved in Photosystem II Water Oxidation.- Further Characterisation of the Isolated PS2 Reaction Centre.- Use of Synthetic Peptides in Studies on the Biogenesis and Phosphorylation of Photosystem II Proteins.- Functional Role for 33KDa Proteins in the Oxygen Evolution Complex (OEC).- Heat-shock Proteins Assl£"