Chloroplasts
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
1984.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1984. |
| Series: | Cellular Organelles
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2767-7 |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Historical Perspectives: The Beginnings of Research on Photosynthesis
- I. The Discovery of Chloroplasts
- II. Chemical Studies-The Development of Gas Chemistry
- III. The Phlogiston Theory
- IV. The Discovery of Photosynthesis
- V. Association of Photosynthesis with Chloroplasts
- VI. Development of a Major Research Tool-Isotopic Compounds
- VII. Summary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 2 Structure of the Chloroplast
- I. Importance of the Membrane
- II. Structure of the Thylakoid Membrane
- III. Morphological Aspects of Photosynthetic Membranes
- IV. The Chloroplast Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Periplastidal Compartment
- V. Evolutionary Ontogeny of Chloroplast Structure
- VI. The Pyrenoid Body
- VII. Chloroplast Size and Number
- VIII. Summary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 3 Characteristic Components of Chloroplast Membranes
- I. Purification of Chloroplasts
- II. Components of the Thylakoid Membrane
- III. Components of the Chloroplast Stroma
- IV. Summary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 4 The Process of Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
- I. Introduction
- II. Primary Mechanisms of Photosynthesis
- III. Chemical Currency
- IV. The Flow of Electrons during Photosynthesis
- V. Membrane-Bound Electron Carriers
- VI. Topographical Arrangement of Electron Carriers
- VII. Evidence for Two Photosystems
- VIII. An Alternate Proposal
- IX. Regulation of Energy Distribution from Light-Harvesting Complexes by Protein Phosphorylation
- X. Formation of ATP
- XI. The Chloroplast Coupling Factor (CF1)
- XII. Electron Transport in Photosynthetic Bacteria
- Additional Reading
- 5 The Process of Photosynthesis: The Dark Reactions
- I. Introduction
- II. Fixation of CO2
- III. Requirement of CO2 for O2 Evolution
- IV. Inhibition of CO2 Fixation by O2: Photorespiration
- V. Assimilation of Nitrogen and Sulfur
- VI. Summary for Chapters 4 and 5
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 6 The Chloroplast Genome and Its Expression
- I. Introduction
- 147II. Purification of Chloroplast DNA
- III. Chloroplast DNA Molecules Are Identical
- IV. Synthesis of Chloroplast DNA
- V. Inheritance of Chloroplast DNA
- VI. Expression of Chloroplast Genetic Information
- VII. Why Chloroplast DNA?
- VIII. Protein Synthesis
- IX. Association of Ribosomes with Membranes
- X. Summary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 7 Development of Chloroplasts: Structure and Function
- I. Introduction
- II. Etiolation of Chloroplasts
- III. Morphology of Chloroplast Development
- IV. Site of Assembly of Thylakoid Membranes
- V. Chloroplast Development and the Chloroplast Endoplasmic Reticulum
- VI. Chromatophore Development in Photosynthetic Bacteria
- VII. Development of Function
- VIII. Development of Photosynthetic Units
- Additional Reading
- 8 Development of Chloroplasts: Biosynthetic Pathways and Regulation
- I. Introduction
- II. Chlorophyll
- III. Lipids
- IV. Synthesis of Chloroplast Proteins
- V. How Are Polypeptides Taken up by Chloroplasts?
- VI. Processing of Incoming Chloroplast Proteins
- VII. Source of Chloroplast Proteins-A Summary
- VIII. Light and Chloroplast Development
- IX. Symmary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading
- 9 Evolutionary Aspects of Chloroplast Development
- I. Evolutionary History of Chloroplasts
- II. Chloroplasts Resemble Prokaryotic Cells
- III. Development of Phylogenetic Trees
- IV. Was DNA Transferred from Chloroplast to Nucleus?
- V. Development of Photosynthetic Systems
- VI. Summary
- Literature Cited
- Additional Reading.