Energy Conservation in Biological Membranes

29. Colloquium, 6.-8. April 1978
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1978
ISBN: 978-3-642-81289-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie in Mosbach Baden

The topic of the 29th Hosbach Colloquium Energy Transduction in Biological Membranes is one of the most formidable problems in biology. Its solu­ tion in molecular terms has proved to be a very difficult task for a whole generation of biochemists. The Mosbach Colloquia had so far not yet covered this subject. In for­ mer Mosbach Colloquia some contributions were closely related, such as the lecture by E. C. Slater on the mitochondrial respiratory chain, presented 25 years ago. A broader coverage of this subject was given in the Mosbach Colloquia on Biochemistry of Oxygen in 1968, and on Inhib­ itors: Too ls in Ce II Research in 1 969, which contained several lectures related to bioenergetics. Today progress and understanding of the energy transduction in biolog­ ical membranes had advanced to the stage where we can formulate reli­ able theories on many facets of the energy transduction process. On the other hand, the primary energy conservation steps are as contro­ versial as ever and challenge the field for an all-out effort for re­ solving these burning problems. The 29th !1osbach Colloquium has given a broad and vivid picture of this situation, illustrating the progress and also the controversial problems currently debated.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klingenberg, M.

Schäfer, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Organization of Electrontransport Systems.- Evolutionary Aspects of Biological Energy Conversion.- Organization of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain.- Contribution of the Mitochondrial Genetic System to the Biogenesis of Ubiquinone: Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase.- Beef Heart Complex III: Isolation and Characterization of the Heme b-Carrying Subunits.- Sequence Homology of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunits to Electron Carriers of Photophosphorylation.- Low Temperature Electron Transport in Cytochrome c in the Cytochrome c-Cytochrome Oxidase Reaction: Evidence for Electron Tunneling.- Structure and Function of Iron-Sulfur Proteins.- Organization of the Photosynthetic Electron Transport System of Chloroplasts in the Thylakoid Membrane.- Electron Transport Phosphorylation in Anaerobic Bacteria.- Primary Mechanisms of Energy Conservation.- The Plastoquinone Pool as Possible Hydrogen Pump.- Proton Pumping Across the Thylakoid Membrane Resolved in Time and Space.- Redox-Linked Proton Pumps in Mitochondria.- Light-Driven Proton Translocation and Energy Conservation by Halobacteria.- Conformational Changes and Cooperation of Bacteriorhodopsin.- Structure and Function of ATP-Synthesizing Systems.- Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Mitochondrial Adenosine Triphosphatase Complex of Rat Liver — A Progress Report.- Protonophoric Action of Coupling Factor ATPase — Its Reconstitution from Purified Subunits, Reconstitution Into ATP-Synthesizing Vesicles, and Image Reconstruction.- Energy Transfer Inhibition in Photophosphorylation and Oxidative Phosphorylation by 3’-Esters of ADP.- Amino Acid Sequence of the Putative Protonophore of the Energy-Transducing ATPase Complex.- Chemical Mechanisms in Energy Coupling.- On the Role and Interrelation of Nucleotide Binding Sites inOxidative Phosphorylation.- Photoaffinity Labeling of Coupling Factor ATPase from Micrococcus luteus.- Long-Chain n-Alkylamines as Inhibitors of Coupling and Uncoupling in Beef Heart Mitochondria.- Control and Dynamics of Energy Conservation.- Control of Energy Flux in Biological Systems.- The Efficiency of Oxidative Phosphorylation.