Main description:

Respiration in Archaea and Bacteria summarizes the achievements of the past decade in the biochemistry, bioenergetics, structural and molecular biology of respiratory processes in selected groups of prokaryotes. It includes a series of Chapters providing an extensive coverage of the respiratory membrane-bound bacterial redox complexes and enzymes; it also covers evolution of respiration, cytochrome c biogenesis, bacterial haemoglobins, and oxidases as redox sensors.

Contents:

Editorial. Preface. Color Plates. 1. Evolution and Phylogenic Analysis of Respiration; J. Castresana. 2. NADH Dehydrogenase (NADH-Quinone Oxidoreductase); T. Yagi, S. Di Bernardo, E. Nakamaru-Ogiso, Mou-Chieh Kao, Byoung Boo Seo, A. Matsuno-Yagi. 3. Bacterial Hydroquinone: Cytochrome c Oxidoreductases, Physiology, Structure and Function; J.W. Cooley, E. Darrouzet, F. Daldal. 4. Structure and Function of Succinate:Quinone Oxidoreductases and the Role of Quinol:Fumarate Reductases in Fumarate Respiration; C.R.D. Lancaster. 5. Biochemical and Molecular Features of Terminal Oxidases; J. Sakamoto, N. Sone. 6. Structures of Bacterial Heme-Copper Oxidases; J. Abramson, T. Shimamura, S. Iwata. 7. Functional Aspects of Heme-Copper Terminal Oxidases; P. Brzezinski, G. Larsson, P. AEdelroth. 8. The Na+- Translocating NADH-Quinone Reductase of Marine and Moderately Halophilic Bacteria; M. Hayashi, T. Unemoto. 9. Microbial Molybdenum-Containing Enzymes in Respiration: Structural and Functional Aspects; A.G. McEwan, U. Kappler, C.A. McDevitt. 10. The Pyrroloquinoline Quinone (PPQ)-Containing Dehydrogenases; C. Anthony. 11. Biogenesis of Cytochrome c; E. Enggist, L. Thoeny-Meyer. 12. Bacterial Hemoglobins: Old Proteins with 'New' Functions? Roles in Respiratory and Nitric Oxide Metabolism; Guanghui Wu, L.M. Wainwright, J. Membrillo-Hernandez, R.K. Poole. 13. Oxidases as Redox Sensors in Pigment Synthesis; Jeon-Il Oh, S. Kaplan. Subject Index. Species Index. Gene and Gene Product Index.