Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Systems. Organization and Function

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List Of Participants -- Section I. Organization: Biochemical Methods -- Introduction: The Biochemistry Of Light-Harvesting Complexes / Cogdell, R.J. -- Phycobilisome-Thylakoid Interaction: The Nature Of High Molecular Weight Polypeptides / Gantt, E. / Lipschultz, C.A. / Cunningham, F.X. -- On The Structure Of Photosystem II-Phycobilisome Complexes Of Cyanobacteria / Mörschel, E. / Schatz, G.-H. -- Structure Of Cryptophyte Photosynthetic Membranes / Wehrmeyer, W. -- Structural And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Phycoerythrins From Cyanobacteria, Red Algae And Cryptophyceae / Sidler, W. / Zuber, H. -- Isolation And Characterization Of The Components Of The Phycobilisome From Mastigocladus Laminosus And Crosslinking Experiments / Rümbeli, R. / Zuber, H. -- C-Phycocyanin From Mastigocladus Laminosus: Chromophore Assignment In Higher Aggregates By Cystein Modification / Fischer, R. / Siebzehnrübl, S. / Scheer, H. -- Photochromic Properties Of C-Phycocyanin / Schmidt, G. / Siebzehnrübl, S. / Fischer, R. / Scheer, H. -- Concerning The Relationship Op Light Harvesting Biliproteins To Phycochromes In Cyanobacteria / Kufer, W. -- Subunit Structure And Reassembly Of The Light-Harvesting Complex From Rhodospirillum Rubrum G9+ / Ghosh, Robin / Rosatzin, Thomas / Bachofen, Reinhard -- Primary Structure Analyses Of Bacterial Antenna Polypeptides: - Correlation Of Aromatic Amino Acids With Spectral Properties - Structural Similarities With Reaction Center Polypeptides / Brunisholz, R.A. / Zuber, H. -- The Structure Of The "Core" Of The Purple Bacterial Photosynthetic Unit / Dawkins, Deborah J. / Ferguson, Linda A. / Cogdell, Richard -- A Comparison Of The Bacteriochlorophyll C-Binding Proteins Of Chlorobium And Chloroflexus / Gerola, P. D. / Hajrup, P. / Olson, J. M. -- Interactions Between Bacteriochlorophyll C Molecules In Oligomers And In Chlorosomes Of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria / Brune, Daniel C. / King, George H. / Blankenship, Robert E. -- Light-Harvesting Complexes Of Chlorophyll C-Containing Algae / Larkum, A.W.D. / Hiller, R.G. -- Isolation And Characterization Of A Chlorophyll A/C-Heteroxanthin/ Diadinoxanthin Light-Harvesting Complex From Pleurochloris Meiringensis (Xanthophyceae) / Wilhelm, C. / Büchel, C. / Rousseau, B. -- The Antenna Components Of Photosystem ii With Emphasis On The Major Pigment-Protein, Lhc IIb / Peter, Gary F. / Thornber, J. Philip -- Section II: Organization: Molecular Genetics And Crystallography -- Molecular Biology Of Antennas / Drews, Gerhart -- High-Resolution Crystal Structure Of C-Phycocyanin And Polarized Optical Spectra Of Single Crystals / Schirmer, T. / Bode, W. / Huber, R. -- Crystallization And Spectroscopic Investigation Of Purple Bacterial B800-850 And RC-B875 Complexes / Welte, W. / Wacker, T. / Becker, A. -- Structure Of The Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll A/B-Protein Complex From Chloroplast Membranes / Kühlbrandt, W. -- Phycobilisomes Of Synechococcus Sp. Pcc 7002, Pseudanabaena Sp. Pcc 7409, And Cyanophora Paradoxa: An Analysis By Molecular Genetics / Bryant, Donald A. -- Organization And Assembly Of Bacterial Antenna Complexes / Drews, Gerhart -- The Use Of Mutants To Investigate The Organization Of The Photosynthetic Apparatus Of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides / Hunter, C.N. / Grondelle, R. van -- Mechanisms Of Plastid And Nuclear Gene Expression During Thylakoid Membrane Biogenesis In Higher Plants / Westhoff, P. / Grüne, H. / Schrubar, H. / Oswald, A. / Streubel, M. / Ljungberg, U. / Herrmann, R.G. -- Section III: Organization: Special Spectroscopy Techniques And Models -- Assignment Of Spectral Forms In The Photosynthetic Antennas To Chemically Defined Chromophores / Scherz, A. -- Linear Dichroism And Orientation Of Pigments In Phycobilisomes And Their Subunits / Juszczak, Laura / Geacintov, Nicholas E. / Zilinskas, Barbara A. / Breton, Jacques -- Low Temperature Spectroscopy Of Cyanobacterial Antenna Pigments / Köhler, W. / Friedrich, J. / Fischer, R. / Scheer, H. -- Chromophore Conformations In Phycocyanin And Allophycocyanin As Studied By Resonance Raman Spectroscopy / Szalontai, B. / Csizmadia, V. / Gombos, Z. / Csatorday, K. / Lutz, M. -- Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy Of Phycobilisomes, Phycocyanin And Allophycocyanin From Mastigocladus Laminosus / Schneider, S. / Baumann, F. / Steiner, W. / Fischer, R. / Siebzehnrübl, S. / Scheer, H. -- Optical Absorption And Circular Dichroism Of Bacteriochlorophyll Oligomers In Triton X-100 And In The Light- Harvesting-Complex B850; A Comparative Study / Rosenbach-Belkin, V. / Braun, P. / Kovatch, P. / Scherz, A. -- Absorption Detected Magnetic Resonance 1n Zero Magnetic Field on Antenna Complexes from Rps. Acidophila 7050 - The Temperature Dependence of the Carotinoid Triplet State Properties / Ullrich, J. / Schütz, J. U. v. / Wolf, H. C. -- Effect Of Lithium Dodecyl Sulfate On B 800-850 Antenna Complexes From Rhodopseudomonas Acidophila: A Resonance Raman Study / Robert, B. / Frank, H. -- Bacteriochlorophyll A/B In Antenna Complexes Of Purple Bacteria / Robert, Bruno / Vermeglio, André / Steiner, Robert / Scheer, Hugo / Lutz, Marc -- Bacteriochlorophyll C Aggregates In Carbon Tetrachloride As Models For Chlorophyll Organization In Green Photosynthetic Bacteria / Olson, J. M. / Pedersen, J. P. -- Orientation Of The Pigments In The Reaction Center And The Core Antenna Of Photosystem II / Breton, J. / Duranton, J. / Satoh, K. -- Non-Linear Absorption Spectroscopy Op Antenna Chlorophyll A In Higher Plants / Leupold, D. / Stiel, H. / Hoffmann, P. -- Section IV: Function: Electronic Excitation And Energy Transfer -- Excitation Energy Transfer In Photosynthesis / Grondelle, R. van / Sundström, V. -- Fluorescence Spectroscopy Of Allophycocyanin Complexes From Synechococcus 6301 Strain An112 / Maxson, Patricia / Sauer, Kenneth / Glazer, Alexander N. -- Picosecond Energy Transfer Kinetics In Allophycocyanin Aggregates From Mastigocladus Laminosus / Bittersmann, E. / Reuter, W. / Wehrmeyer, W. / Holzwarth, A.R. -- Picosecond Time-Resolved Energy Transfer Kinetics Within C-Phycocyanin And Allophycocyanin Aggregates / Gillbro, T. / Sandström, A. / Sundström, V. -- Energy Transfer In "Native" And Chemically Modified C-Phycocyanin Trimers And The Constituent Subunits / Schneider, S. / Geiselhart, P. / Baumann, F. / Siebzehnrübl, S. / Fischer, R. / Scheer, H. -- Effect Of Protein Environment And Excitonic Coupling On The Excited-State Properties Of The Bilinchromophores In C-Phycocyanin / Schneider, S. / Scharnagl, Ch. / Duerring, M. / Schirmer, T. / Bode, W. -- Excitation Energy Migration In C-Phycocyanin Aggregates Isolated From Phormidium Luridum - Predictions From The Forster's Inductive Resonance Theory / Grabowski, J. / Björn, G. S. -- Energy Transfer Calculations For Two C-Phycocyanins Based On Refined X-Ray Crystal Structure Coordinates Of Chromophores / Sauer, K. / Scheer, H. -- Energy Transfer In Light-Harvesting Antenna Of Purple Bacteria, Studied By Picosecond Spectroscopy / Sundström, V. / Bergström, H. / Gillbro, T. / Grondelle, R. van / Westerhuis, W. / Niederman, R.A. / Cogdell, R. -- Excitation Energy Transfer In The Light-Harvesting Antenna Of Photosynthetic Purple Bacteria: The Role Of The Long-Wavelength Absorbing Pigment B896 / Grondelle, R. van / Bergstrom, H. / Sundstrom, V. / Dorssen, R.J. van / Vos, M. / Hunter, C.N. -- The Function Of Chlorosomes In Energy Transfer In Green Photosynthetic Bacteria / Dorssen, R.J. van / Vos, M. / Amesz, J. -- Energy Transfer In Chloroflexus Aurantiacus: Effects Of Temperature And Anaerobic Conditions / Wittmershaus, Bruce P. / Brune, Daniel C. / Blankenship, Robert E. -- Interpretation Of Optical Spectra Of Bacteriochlorophyll Antenna Complexes / Pearlstein, Robert M. -- Time Resolution And Kinetics Of "F680" At Low Temperatures In Spinach Chloroplasts / Knox, Robert / Lin, Su -- Picosecond Studies Of Fluorescence And Absorbance Changes In Photosystem II Particles From Synechococcus Sp. / Holzwarth, Alfred R. / Schatz, Günther H. / Brock, Helmut -- Analysis Of Excitation Energy Transfer In Thylakoid Membranes By The Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectra / Mimuro, Mamoru -- V. Concluding Remarks -- Future Problems On Antenna Systems And Summary Remarks / Gantt, Elisabeth -- Index Of Authors -- Subject Index -- Backmatter