Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria

Part I: Cyanobacteria and their environment. 1. Life implies work – A holistic account of our microbial biosphere focusing on the bioenergetic processes of cyanobacteria, the ecologically most successful organisms on our earth; Günther A. Peschek et al.- 2. The photosynthetic apparatus of the living fossil, Cyanophora paradoxa; Jürgen M. Steiner, Wolfgang Löffelhardt.- 3. An alternate hypothesis for the origin of mytochondria; Roschen Sasikumar et al.- 4. The complex regulation of the phosphate uptake system of cyanobacteria; Gernot Falkner, Renate Falkner.- 5. The site of respiratory electron transport in cyanobacteria and its implication for the photoinhibition of respiration; Ioan I. Ardelean, Günther A. Peschek.- 6. Nitrogen fixation and hydrogen metabolism in cyanobacteria; Hermann Bothe et al.- 7. Hydrogen peroxide degradation in cyanobacteria; Marcel Zamocky et al.- Part II: Cyanobacteria – the first electric power plants (“discovery” of biological electron transport, the clue to most efficient bioenergetic processes).- 8. History and function: The respiratory and photosynthetic electron transport chains; Peter Nicholls.- 9. Bioenergetics in a primordial cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421; Mamoru Mimuro et al.- 10. ATP synthase in cyanobacteria: structure, function and regulation of a complex machine; Dirk Bald.- Part III: Cyanobacteria and light: Oxygenic photosynthesis (and other uses of light). 11. The evolution of cyanobacteria and photosynthesis; Gerhart Drews.- 12. Structure of cyanobacterial Photosystems I and II; Petra Fromme, Ingo Grotjohann.- 13. Mechanism of photosynthetic production and respiratory reduction of molecular dioxygen: A biophysical and biochemical comparison; Gernot Renger, Bernhard Ludwig.- 14. Photoprotection in cyanobacteria: The orange carotenoid protein and energy dissipation; Cheryl Kerfeld, Diane Kirilovsky.- 15. Manganese transport and the assembly of Photosystem II; Eitan Salomon et al.- Part IV: Electron entry (Dehydrogenation). 16. Structure and physiological function of NDH-I complexes in cyanobacteria; Eva-Mari Aro, Peter J. Nixon.- 17. The superfamily of succinate: quinine oxidoreductases and its implications for the cyanobacterial enzymes; C. Roy D. Lancaster.- Part V: Connecting (-) and (+): Electron and protein circuits between dehydrogenases and oxygen reductases in cyanobacteria. 18. The water soluble cytochromes of cyanobacteria; Kwok Ki Hio et al.- 19. Transient interactions between soluble electron transfer proteins – The case of plastocyanin and cytochrome f; Derek S. Bendall et al.- 20. Center of the cyanobacterial electron transport network: the cytochrome b6f complex; Gabor Bernat, Matthias Roegner.- 21. The convergent evolution of cytochrome c6 and plastocyanin has been driven by geochemical changes; Miguel De la Rosa et al.- 22. Flavodiiron proteins and their role in cyanobacteria; Vera L. Gonçalves et al.- Part VI: Electron exit (terminal oxidation).- 23. Survey of the various potential terminal oxidases and electron donors in cyanobacteria according to genomic records and biophysical investigations; Christian Obinger.- Part VII: Progress in the genetic manipulation of cyanobacteria. 24. Tools for genetic manipulation of cyanobacteria; Annegret Wilde, Dennis Dienst. Index.