Main description:

The fascinating machinery that life uses to harness energy is the focus of this volume of the Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration series. Experts in the field communicate their insights into the mechanisms that govern biological energy conversion from the atomic scale to the physiological integration within organisms. By leveraging the power of current structural techniques the authors reveal the inner workings of life.

Contents:

From the Series Editors.- The Series Editors.- Preface.- The Editor.- Contributors.- Author Index.- 1. Proton-Pumping Microbial Rhodopsins - Ubiquitous Structurally Simple Helpers of Respiration and Photosynthesis; Leonid S. Brown.- 2. Structure and Functional Heterogeneity of Fucoxanthin-Chlorophyll Proteins in Diatoms; Kathi Gundermann, Claudia Buchel.- 3. Structure-Function Relationship in Peridinin-Chlorophyll Proteins; Tomas Polivka, Eckhard Hofmann.- 4. Piecing Together the Phycobilisome; Ailie Marx et al.- 5. Chlorosomes: Structure, Function and Assembly; Jakub Psencik et al.- 6. The Structure of ATP synthases in Photosynthesis and Respiration; Bettina Boettcher, Peter Graber.- 7. Carboxysomes - Sequestering RubisCO for Efficient Carbon Fixation; Matthew S. Kimber.- 8. Rieske/Cytochrome b Complexes: The Turbo Chargers of Chemiosmosis; Felix ten Brink, Frauke Baymann.- 9. Quinol Oxidases; Allison E. McDonald, Greg C. Vanlerberghe.- 10. Probing the Action of Cytochrome c Oxidase; Vangelis Daskalakis, Constantinos Varotsis.- 11. Evolution of Structural and Coordination Features within Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B Family; Elena Shumilina et al.- 12. Respiratory Chain Supercomplexes in Mitochondria; Natalya V. Dudkina et al.- 13. Energy Conservation in Heliobacteria: Photosynthesis and Central Carbon Metabolism; W. Matthew Sattley et al.- 14. The Architecture of Cyanobacteria, Archetypes of Microbial Innovation; Claire S. Ting.- 15. Respiration and Oxidative Phosphorylation in Mycobacteria; Michael Berney, Gregory M. Cook.- 16. The Structure and Morphology of Red Algae Chloroplasts; Zenilda L. Bouzon et al.- 17. Green Algae; Christian Wilhelm, Maria Schmidt.- 18. Carbon Fixation in Diatoms; Yusuke Matsuda, Peter G. Kroth.- 19. Leaf: Light Capture in the Photosynthetic Organ; Thomas C. Vogelmann, Holly L. Gorton.- 20. Lichen Photosynthesis. Scaling From the Cellular to the Organism Level; Milos Bartak.- 21. Electron transport in the mitochondrial respiratory chain; Maria Luisa Genova.- 22. The Hydrogenosome; Marlene Benchimol.- 23. Biogenesis of Chloroplasts; Jodi Maple et al.- 24. Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Quality Control; Jason A. Mears.- Index.