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 Associated with Chloroplasts
The Role of Chloride in Oxygen Evolution
Isolation of a Highly Active PS II Preparation from Wheat Triticum Aestivum and the Chemical Modification of Tyrosine Residues with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan (NBD-C1)
Phosphorylation of Photosystem Two Reaction Centre Polypeptides
Trafficking and Distribution of the Photosynthetic Reaction Centre Proteins in the Chloroplast Membranes
2: Energy Transduction
Linear-dichroic Triplet-minus-Singlet Absorbance Difference Spectra of Borohydride-treated Reaction Centres of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26
Ca++ Gating of Proton Fluxes in Thylakoid Membranes: Regulation of Localised and Delocalised Energy Coupled Proton Gradients
Plastoquinone Diffusion in Proteoliposomes Studied by Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching
The Involvement of Sulphydryl Group of Coupling Factor 1 (CF1) in Energy Transduction in Chloroplast
3: Stress Effects on Photosynthesis Organisms
The Bioenergetics of Stress Responses in Cyanobacteria
CAM Induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum: Protein Expression
Sensitivity to Far-uv Light as a Parameter for the Study of in vivo Regulation of Development of PSII Particles in Cyanobacteria: An Analytical Model
Effects of Light Chilling on Photophosphorylation in Cucumber
Effect of Heat Stress on Photosynthesis and Respiration in a Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Mutant
Inhibition of Energy Transfer Reactions in Cyanobacteria by Different Ultraviolet Radiation
Carbon Dioxide Fixation by PEP Carboxylase in Pod-walls of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Genotypic Response to Assimilate Demand in a Variegated Leaf Mutant of Nerium Oleander
Selective Alternations in Photosynthetic Pigment Characteristic and Photoelectron Transport during Senescence of Wheat Leaves
4: Molecular Structure-Functions, Relationships
New Results on the Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation
Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Major Light-harvesting Pigment-protein (LHCIIb) of Higher Plants
Transport of Proteins into Chloroplasts
The Role of Lipid-Protein Interactions in the Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membranes
to Triplet-minus-Singlet Absorbance Difference Spectroscopy Monitored with Absorbance-detected Magnetic Resonance
Photosystem I Particles from Sorghum: Isolation and Characterisation of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes under Differing Growth Light Regimes.