Overview

This text provides final year undergraduates, graduate students and researchers with a state-of-the-art overview of regulatory mechanisms governing the development, function, turnover and stress tolerance of the photosynthetic apparatus. The structural components of the photosynthetic apparatus are relatively well known and the next challenge will be to resolve the multitude of the regulatory functions occurring in chloroplasts at the molecular level. The book is divided into five sections. The first section examines the expression of photosynthesis-related genes, including signal transduction and redox regulation at both the transcriptional and translational levels. The second section focuses on the biogenesis, turnover and senescence of the thylakoid pigment protein complexes. The third section examines crucial regulatory steps in carbon metabolism including those in the ferredoxin-thioredoxin system. Various molecular mechanisms leading to acclimation and stress responses in chloroplasts are reviewed in the fourth section. The fifth section provides examples of novel methods that have become available with information obtained from sequencing programmes of photosynthetic organisms and which are now becoming crucial tools also in the studies of photosynthetic regulation.

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Author:   Eva-Mari Aro ,  B. Andersson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   1.985kg
ISBN:  

9780792363323

ISBN 10:   0792363329
Pages:   613
Publication Date:   31 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Evolution, Complexity and Regulation of Photosynthetic Structures.- Thylakoid Biogenesis and Dynamics: The Result of a Complex Phylogenetic Puzzle.- Gene Expression and Signal Transduction.- Plastid RNA Polymerases in Higher Plants.- Phytochrome and Regulation of Photosynthetic Gene Expression.- Regulating Synthesis of the Purple Bacterial Photosystem.- Redox Regulation of Photosynthetic Genes.- Sugar Sensing and Regulation of Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism.- Editing, Polyadenylation and Degradation of mRNA in the Chloroplast.- Regulation of Chloroplast Translation.- Biogenesis, Turnover and Senescence.- Proteins Involved in Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane.- Peptidyl-prolyl Isomerases and Regulation of Photosynthetic Functions.- Role of the Plastid Envelope in the Biogenesis of Chloroplast Lipids.- Pigment Assembly—Transport and Ligation.- Chlorophyll Biosynthesis—Metabolism and Strategies of Higher Plants to Avoid Photooxidative Stress.- Transport of Metals: A Key Process in Oxygenic Photosynthesis.- Chloroplast Proteases and Their Role in Photosynthesis Regulation.- Senescence and Cell Death in Plant Development: Chloroplast Senescence and its Regulation.- Regulation of Carbon Metabolism.- Dynamics of Photosynthetic CO2 Fixation: Control, Regulation and Productivity.- Chloroplastic Carbonic Anhydrases.- Thioredoxin and Glutaredoxin: General Aspects and Involvement in Redox Regulation.- The Structure and Function of the Ferredoxin/Thioredoxin System in Photosynthesis.- Reversible Phosphorylation in the Regulation of Photosynthetic Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in C4 Plants.- Acclimation and Stress Responses.- Photodamage and D1 Protein Turnover in Photosystem II.- Phosphorylation of Photosystem II Proteins.- Novel Aspects on the Regulation of ThylakoidProtein Phosphorylation.- Enzymes and Mechanisms for Violaxanthin-zeaxanthin Conversion.- The PsbS Protein: A Cab-protein with a Function of Its Own.- Redox Sensing of Photooxidative Stress and Acclimatory Mechanisms in Plants.- The Elip Family of Stress Proteins in the Thylakoid Membranes of Pro- and Eukaryota.- Regulation, Inhibition and Protection of Photosystem I.- Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport.- Photosynthetic Regulation and Genomics-Methodological Implications for the Future.- Functional Genomics in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803: Resources for Comprehensive Studies of Gene Function and Regulation.- Arabidopsis Genetics and Functional Genomics in the Post-genome Era.

Reviews

'I was favorably impressed with the Regulation of Photosynthesis. The chapters are well-written and should be understandable to a broad audience; it will be an invaluable resource in graduate courses.' Plant Science,162 (2002)

'I was favorably impressed with the Regulation of Photosynthesis. The chapters are well-written and should be understandable to a broad audience; it will be an invaluable resource in graduate courses.' Plant Science,162 (2002)

'I was favorably impressed with the Regulation of Photosynthesis. The chapters are well-written and should be understandable to a broad audience; it will be an invaluable resource in graduate courses.' Plant Science,162 (2002)

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