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Discoveries in Photosynthesis
Edited by
Govindjee,
J. Thomas
Beatty,
Howard Gest,
and
John F.
Allen, Queen Mary,
[Series Editor: GOVINDJEE
(gov@uiuc.edu)]
"Life Is Bottled Sunshine" [Wynwood Reade, Martyrdom
of Man, 1924]. This inspired phrase is a four-word summary of the significance
of photosynthesis for life on earth. The study of photosynthesis has attracted
the attention of a legion of biologists, biochemists, chemists and physicists
for over 200 years. Discoveries in Photosynthesis presents a sweeping overview
of the history of photosynthesis investigations, and detailed accounts of
research progress in all aspects of the most complex bioenergetic
process in living organisms. Conceived of as a way of summarizing the history
of research advances in photosynthesis as of millennium 2000, the book evolved
into a majestic and encyclopedic saga involving all of the basic sciences. The
book contains 111 papers, authored by 132 scientists from 19 countries. It
includes overviews; timelines; tributes; minireviews
on excitation energy transfer, reaction centers, oxygen evolution,
light-harvesting and pigment-protein complexes, electron transport and ATP
synthesis, techniques and applications, biogenesis and membrane architecture,
reductive and assimilatory processes, transport, regulation and adaptation,
Genetics, and Evolution; laboratories and national perspectives; and
retrospectives that end in a list of photosynthesis symposia, books and
conferences. Informal and formal photographs of scientists make it a wonderful
book to have. This book is meant not only for the researchers and graduate
students, but also for advanced undergraduates in Plant Biology, Microbiology,
Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and History of Science.
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Contents
From the series editor
Preface
A personal tribute to an eminent
photosynthesis researcher, Martin D. Kamen
(1913-2002)
Biographies of the editors
Color Plates
I. Editorials
Celebrating the
Golden Jubilee of the 1952 Conference on Photosynthesis (
Celebrating the
millennium - historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 1, pp. 5-10
Govindjee and Howard Gest
Celebrating the millennium - historical
highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 2, pp. 11-21
Govindjee, J.T. Beatty and H. Gest
Celebrating the millennium - historical
highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3, pp. 23-35
Govindjee, J.F. Allen and J.T.
Beatty
II. Overviews
and Timelines
History of the word photosynthesis and
evolution of its definition, pp. 39-42
H. Gest
In one era and out the other, pp. 43-50
J. Myers
Time line of discoveries: anoxygenic photosynthesis, pp. 51-62
H. Gest
and R. E. Blankenship
Discoveries in oxygenic photosynthesis
(1727-2003): a perspective, pp. 63-105
Govindjee and D. Krogmann
III. Tributes
And whose bright
presence- an appreciation of Robert Hill and his reaction, pp. 109-112
D. A. Walker
The contributions of James Franck to
photosynthesis research: a tribute, pp. 113-118
J. L. Rosenberg
Hydrogen metabolism of green algae:
discovery and early research-a tribute to Hans Gaffron
and his coworkers, pp. 119-129
P. H. Homann
Samuel Ruben
s
contributions to research on photosynthesis and bacterial metabolism with
radioactive carbon, pp. 131-137
H. Gest
Contributions of Henrik
Lundegardh, pp. 139-144
A. W. D. Larkum
IV.
Excitation Energy Transfer
Photosynthetic exciton
theory in the 1960s, pp. 147-154
R. M. Pearlstein
Excitation energy trapping in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, pp. 155-163
J. Amesz
and S. Neerken
Fluorescence lifetime, yield, energy
transfer and spectrum in photosynthesis, 1950-1960, pp. 165-170
S.S. Brody
Visualization of excitation energy transfer
processes in plants and algae, pp. 171-176
M. Mimuro
Plastoquinone redox control of
chloroplast thylakoid protein phosphorylation
and distribution of excitation energy between
photosystems: discovery, background, implications, pp.
177-186
J. F. Allen
Excitation transfer between photosynthetic
units: the 1964 experiment, pp. 187-191
P. Joliot and A. Joliot
V. Reaction
Centers
Research on photosynthetic reaction centers
from 1932 to 1987, pp. 195-203
R. K. Clayton
Chlorophyll chemistry before and after
crystals of photosynthetic reaction centers, pp. 205-212
J. Fajer
Electron donors and acceptors in the initial
steps of photosynthesis in purple bacteria: a personal account, pp. 213-224
W. W. Parson
My daily constitutional in Martinsried, pp. 225-231
J. P. Allen
The two-electron gate in photosynthetic
bacteria, pp. 233-236
A. Vermeglio
Steps on theway to
building blocks, topologies, crystals and X-ray structural analysis of Photosystems I and II of water-oxidizing photosynthesis,
pp. 237-259
H. T. Witt
The identification of the Photosystem II reaction center: a personal story, pp.
261-268
K. Satoh
The isolated Photosystem
II reaction center: first attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary
charge separation, pp. 269-274
M. Seibert and M. R. Wasielewski
Discovery of pheophytin
function in the photosynthetic energy conversion as the primary electron
acceptor of Photosystem II, pp. 275-281
V. V. Klimov
Engine of life and big bang of evolution: a
personal perspective, pp. 283-301
J. Barber
Role of bicarbonate at the acceptor side of Photosystem II, pp. 303-310
J. J. S. van Rensen
Unraveling the Photosystem
I reaction center: a history, or the sum of many efforts, pp. 311-326
P. Fromme
and P. Mathis
Photosystem I reaction center: past and future, pp.
327-340
N. Nelson and A.
Ben-Shem
P430: a retrospective, 1971-2001, pp.
341-348
B. Ke
VI. Oxygen Evolution
Apparatus and mechanism of photosynthetic
oxygen evolution: a personal perspective, pp. 351-370
G. Renger
Period-four oscillations of the
flash-induced oxygen formation in photosynthesis, pp. 371-378
P. Joliot
Period four oscillations in chlorophyll a
fluorescence, pp. 379-382
R. Delosme
and P. Joliot
Chloride and calcium in Photosystem
II: from effects to enigma, pp. 383-389
P. H. Homann
The bicarbonate effect, oxygen evolution,
and the shadow of OttoWarburg, pp. 391-397
A. J. Stemler
Early indications for manganese oxidation
state changes during photosynthetic oxygen production: a personal account, pp.
399-409
T. J. Wydrzynski
VII.
Light-Harvesting and Pigment-Protein Complexes
Purple bacterial light-harvesting complexes:
from dreams to structures, pp. 413-419
R. J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto and A. T. Gardiner
The FMO protein, pp. 421-427
J. M.Olson
Physical separation of chlorophyll-protein
complexes, pp. 429-434
T. Ogawa
How the chlorophyll-proteins got their
names, pp. 435-442
E. L. Camm and B. R. Green
Phycobiliproteins and phycobilisomes:
the early observations, pp. 443-451
N.
Tandeau de Marsac
VIII. Electron
Transport and ATP Synthesis
Discovery and characterization of electron
transfer proteins in the photosynthetic bacteria, pp. 455-470
T. E. Meyer and M. A. Cusanovich
Membrane-anchored cytochrome
c as an electron carrier in photosynthesis and respiration: past, present and
future of an unexpected discovery, pp. 471-478
F. Daldal,
M. Deshmukh and R. C. Prince
The Q-cycle - a personal perspective, pp.
479-499
A. R. Crofts
The isolation of a functional cytochromeb6 f
complex: fromlucky encounter to rewarding experience,
pp. 501-515
G. Hauska
Ironies in photosynthetic electron
transport: a personal perspective, pp. 517-529
W. A. Cramer
The unfinished story of cytochromef,
pp. 531-542
D. S. Bendall
Early research on the role of plastocyanin in photosynthesis, pp. 543-549
S. Katoh
Irrungen,Wirrungen? The Mehler reaction in relation to cyclic
electron transport in C3 plants, pp. 551-559
U. Heber
Photophosphorylation and the chemiosmotic
perspective, pp. 561-569
A. T. Jagendorf
Protons, proteins and ATP, pp. 571-595
W. Junge
On why thylakoids
energize ATP formation using either delocalized or localized proton gradients -
a Ca2+ mediated role in thylakoid stress responses,
pp. 597-615
R. A. Dilley
IX.
Techniques and Applications
The stopped-flow method and chemical
intermediates in enzyme reactions - a personal essay, pp. 619-632
B. Chance
The chequered history
of the development and use of simultaneous equations for the accurate
determination of chlorophylls a and b, pp. 633-640
R. J. Porra
The contribution of photosynthetic pigments
to the development of biochemical separation methods: 1900-1980, pp. 641-649
P.-A˚. Albertsson
On some aspects of photosynthesis revealed
by photoacoustic studies: a critical evaluation, pp.
651-663
R. Delosme
The history of photosynthetic thermoluminescence, pp. 665-680
I. Vass
Trails of green alga hydrogen research -
from Hans Gaffron to newfrontiers,
pp. 681-689
A. Melis
and T. Happe
Engineering the chloroplast encoded proteins
of Chlamydomonas, pp. 691-699
L. Xiong
and R. T. Sayre
Pictorial demonstrations of photosynthesis,
pp. 701-705
R. P. Hangarter and H. Gest
X. Biogenesis
and Membrane Architecture
Membrane biogenesis in anoxygenic
photosynthetic prokaryotes, pp. 709-716
G. Drews
and R. A. Niederman
Chloroplast structure: from chlorophyll
granules to supra-molecular architecture of thylakoid
membranes, pp. 717-728
L. A. Staehelin
Changing concepts about the distribution of Photosystems I and II between grana-appressed
and stroma-exposed thylakoid
membranes, pp. 729-736
J. M. Anderson
Chloroplasts in living cells and the
string-of-grana concept of chloroplast structure revisited,
pp. 737-744
S. G. Wildman A. M.
Hirsch, S. J. Kirchanski and D. Spencer
From chloroplasts to chaperones: how one
thing led to another, pp. 745-755
R. J. Ellis
XI. Reductive
and Assimilatory Processes
Acceptance of the Enrico Fermi Award by Martin Kamen
(April 24, 1996), pp. 757
Every dogma has its day: a personal look at
carbon metabolism in photosynthetic bacteria, pp. 761-769
J. Ormerod
Research on carbon dioxide fixation in
photosynthetic microorganisms (1971-present), pp. 771-788
F. R. Tabita
Nitrogen fixation by photosynthetic
bacteria, pp. 789-792
P. W. Ludden and G. P. Roberts
Following the path of carbon in
photosynthesis: a personal story, pp. 793-813
A. A. Benson
Mapping the carbon reduction cycle: a
personal retrospective, pp. 815-832
J. A. Bassham
Chloroplasts in envelopes: CO2 fixation by
fully functional intact chloroplasts, pp. 833-841
D. A. Walker
Along the trail from Fraction I protein to Rubisco (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase),
pp. 843-850
S. G. Wildman
The discovery of Rubisco
activase - yet another story of serendipity, pp.
851-858
A. R. Portis Jr and M. E. Salvucci
The ferredoxin/thioredoxin
system: from discovery to molecular structures and beyond, pp. 859-866
B.
B. Buchanan, P. Schurmann, R. A. Wolosiuk
and J.-P. Jacquot
How is ferredoxin-NADP
reductase involved in the NADP photoreduction
of chloroplasts?, pp. 867-873
M. Shin
C4 photosynthesis: discovery and resolution,
pp. 875-880
M. D. Hatch
Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis: working the
night shift, pp. 881-893
C. C. Black and C. B.
Osmond
XII.
Transport, Regulation and Adaptation
Three decades in transport business: studies
of metabolite transport in chloroplasts - a personal perspective, pp. 897-904
H.-W. Heldt
The present model for chlororelook
forward to ation, pp. 905-909
P. Bennoun
Affixing the O to Rubisco:
discovering the source of photorespiratory glycolate and its regulation, pp. 911-921
W. L. Ogren
Linking the xanthophyll
cycle with thermal energy dissipation, pp. 923-930
B. Demmig-Adams
Photoinhibition - a historical perspective, pp. 931-958
N. Adir,
H. Zer, S. Shochat and
A molecular understanding of complementary
chromatic adaptation, pp. 959-967
A.R. Grossman
Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from extreme
environments, pp. 969-983
M. T. Madigan
Light-induced behavioral responses (phototaxis) in prokaryotes, pp. 985-995
J. P. Armitage and K. J. Hellingwerf
XIII.
Genetics
The early history of the genetics of
photosynthetic bacteria: a personal account, pp. 999-1002
B. L. Marrs
Photosynthesis genes and their expression in
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
2.4.1: a tribute to my students and associates, pp. 1003-1016
S. Kaplan
Regulation of photosystem
synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus,
pp. 1017-1024
C. Bauer
Photosynthesis research: advances through
molecular biology - the beginnings, 1975-1980s and on . . ., pp. 1025-1045
L. Bogorad
The three genomes of Chlamydomonas,
pp. 1047-1055
J.-D. Rochaix
History of chloroplast genomics, pp.
1057-1063
M. Sugiura
Gene-targeted and site-directed mutagenesis
of photosynthesis genes in cyanobacteria, pp.
1065-1070
S. V. Shestakov
XIV.
Evolution
Thinking about the evolution of
photosynthesis, pp. 1073-1086
J. M. Olson and R. E.
Blankenship
Evolutionary relationships among
photosynthetic bacteria, pp. 1087-1097
R. S. Gupta
On the natural selection and evolution of
the aerobic phototrophic bacteria, pp. 1099-1104
J. T. Beatty
Prochlorophyta - a matter of class distinctions, pp.
1105-1107
R. A. Lewin
The archaeal
concept and the world it lives in: a retrospective, pp. 1109-1120
C. R. Woese
XV.
Laboratories and National Perspectives
The Laboratory of Photosynthesis and its
successors at
Y. de Kouchkovsky
Photosynthesis and the Charles F. Kettering
Research Laboratory, pp. 1133-1142
L. P. Vernon
Chlorophyll isolation, structure and
function: major landmarks of the early history of research in the Russian Empire and the
A. A. Krasnovsky Jr
Studies of chlorophyll biosynthesis in
O. B. Belyaeva
The beginnings of research on biophysics of
photosynthesis and initial contributions made by Russian scientists to its
development, pp. 1167-1180
A. Borisov
Photosynthesis research in
G. C. Papageorgiou
Photosynthesis research in
A. S. Raghavendra, P. V. Sane and P. Mohanty
Photosynthesis research in the People
s Republic
of
T.-Y.
Kuang, C. Xu, L.-B. Li
and Y.-K. Shen
XVI.
Retrospectives
Celebrating forty
years of the conference on Photosynthetic Mechanisms of Green Plants at
A list of personal perspectives with
selected quotations, along with lists of tributes, historical notes, Nobel and Kettering awards related to photosynthesis, pp.
1219-1228
Govindjee and D. W. Krogmann
Passage of a young Indian physical chemist
through the world of photosynthesis research at
A. K. Ghosh
The conference at Airlie
House in 1963, pp. 1241-1248
H. J. Rurainski
A list of photosynthesis conferences and of
edited books in photosynthesis, pp. 1249-1262
Govindjee
In memoriam
Author index
Photo index
Subject index
Name index
Springer,
2005, xxxi+6 Color Plates+1304 pp
ISBN 1-4020-3323-0 (HB), ISBN 1-4020-3324-9(e-book)
Volume 20 in the series: Advances
in Photosynthesis, Govindjee, series
editor.
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