Regulation of Photosynthesis

2001
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6332-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 613 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1985 g

Reihe: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

This book covers the expression of photosynthesis related genes including regulation both at transcriptional and translational levels. It reviews biogenesis, turnover, and senescence of thylakoid pigment protein complexes and highlights some crucial regulatory steps in carbon metabolism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andersson, B.

Aro, Eva-Mari

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phytotomie, Pflanzenmorphologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.