Probing Photosynthesis: Mechanism, Regulation & Adaptation

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by  Mohammad Yunus (Editor), Uday Pathre (Editor), Prasanna Mohanty (Editor)

Probing Photosynthesis

Probing Photosynthesis
Mechanisms, regulation and
adaptation
Edited by
Mohammad Yunus
Uday Pathre
Prasanna Mohanty
Boca Raton London New York
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Probing photosynthesis : mechanisms, regulation, and adaptation/ edited by
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Contributors ix
Abbreviations xiii
Preface xv
Foreword xvii
P. V. Sane: a profile 1
S.K. SINHA
1 Milestones in photosynthesis research 9
GOVINDJEE
PART I
Evolution, structure and function 41
2 Natural oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis based on newly
found chlorophylls 43
SHIGERU ITOH AND MASAYO IWAKI
3 Light-harvesting antennas in plants 51
STEPHEN M. GOMEZ AND PARAG R. CHITNIS
4 Stalk, no stalk or double stalk? Experimental strategies, results and
speculations on CFl CF0 interactions within the photosynthetic ATP
synthase 70
R.J. BERZBORN
5 Energy transduction in the Z-scheme 108
GLINTER HAUSKA AND MATTHIAS ARNOLD
6 Chloroplast thylakoid membranes: a paradigm for biogenetic and
evolutionary complexity 127
REINHOLD G. HERRMANN AND RAINER M. MAIER
vi Contents
7 The manganese cluster in photosystem II investigated by EPR
spectroscopy 148
k. a. Ahrling and s. styring
PART 2
Biodiversity, metabolism and regulation 165
8 Diversity in photosynthesis 167
D.O. HALL
9 C3/C4 Carbon metabolism and regulation 169
RANDHIR SINGH
10 Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: activation and
regulation 196
A.S. BHAGWAT
11 Molecular aspects of Rubisco specificity 213
G.F. WILDNER
12 CAM photosynthesis: ecophysiological and molecular strategies for
survival 226
A. RAMACHANDRA REDDY AND V.S. RAMA DAS
13 Photorespiration and interaction between chloroplasts, mitochondria
and peroxisomes 246
K. PADMASREE AND A.S. RAGHAVENDRA
14 Photosynthesis in relation to crop productivity 263
RENU KHANNA-CHOPRA
PART 3
Stress and adaptations 281
15 Strategies of photosynthetic adaptations and acclimation 283
JAN M. ANDERSON
16 Photoinactivation of the two photosystems in oxygenic photosynthesis:
mechanisms and regulations 293
l. OHAD, K. SONOIKE AND B. ANDERSSON
17 State transitions in cyanobacteria 310
PETER DOMINY AND CONRAD MULLINEAUX
18 Light-regulated expression of photosynthesis-related genes 324
A. K. TYAGI, A. DHINGRA AND S. RAGHUVANSHI
Contents vii
19 Photosynthetic productivity prospects under C02-enriched atmosphere
of the 21st century 342
A.RAMACHANDRA REDDY AND A. GNANAM
20 Molecular targets of UV-B radiation in the photosynthetic membranes 364
G. KULANDAIVELU AND K. LINGAKUMAR
21 Photosynthetic adaptation to nutrient stress 379
I.M. RAO AND N. TERRY
22 Water stress responsive proteins/genes in crop plants 398
ANIL GROVER
PART 4
Techniques 411
23 Application of mass spectrometry to the study of photosystem two 413
J. BARBER AND J. SHARMA
24 The structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus studied by
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 426
H. ZHANG, H.A. TAJMIR-RIAHI AND R. CARPENTIER
25 The fluorescence transient as a tool to characterize and screen
photosynthetic samples 445
R. J. STRASSER, A. SRIVASTAVA AND M. TSIMILLI-MICHAEL
26 The photoacoustic effect in leaves and its applications 484
S. MALKIN
27 Common errors in gas exchange measurements 525
D.K. McDERMITT, R.L. GARCIA, J.M. WELLES, AND
T. H. DEMETRIADES-SHAH
Index 539

Contributors
K.A. Ahrling Photobioenergetic Unit, Research School of Biological Sciences, The
Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Canberra
ACT 2601, Australia. Tel: + 61 2 6249 2386, Fax: [phone],
e-mail: [email protected]
Jan M. Anderson Photobioenergetics, Research School of Biological Sciences,
Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Tel:
+ 61 2 6249 5895 Fax: [phone], e-mail: [email protected]
B. Andersson Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural
Sciences, Stockholm University, S-106 19 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: [phone],
Fax: [phone], e-mail: [email protected]
Matthias Arnold Institut fiir Botanik der Universitat Regensburg, UniversitatsstraSe
31, 93040 Regensburg, Germany. Tel: [phone]/3017, Fax: [phone]
3352, e-mail: [email protected]
J. Barber Wolfson Laboratories, Biochemistry Department, Imperial College of Science,
Technology & Medicine, London SW7 2AY, UK. Tel: [phone], Fax: +
44 20 7594 5267, e-mail: [email protected]
R.J. Berzborn Fakultat fiir Biologie, Lehrstuhl fiir Biochemie der Pflanzen, Ruhr-
Universitat Bochum, ND 2/169, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. Tel: [phone]
24279/24280, Fax: [phone], e-mail: richard.j.berzborn@ruhr-uni-
bochum.de
A.S. Bhagwat Molecular Biology and Agriculture Division, Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India. Tel: [phone] ext. 2346, Fax:
[phone], email: [email protected]
R. Carpentier Departement of Chimie-Biologie, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec, G9A5H7, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
Parag R. Chitnis Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology,
4156 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, LA 50011, USA. Tel:
+ 1 515 294 1657, Fax: [phone], e-mail: [email protected]
T.H. Demetriades-Shah LI-COR, Inc., 4421 Superior Street, PO Box, 4425, Lincoln,
NE 68504, USA. Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], e-mail:
[email protected]