Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (25))

Chlorophylls Are The Most Obvious Natural Pigments On Earth Where They Can Be Observed Even From Satellites In Outer Space: They Also Sustain Life On Earth Through Their Involvement In Photosynthesis. With 37 Authoritative Chapters, This Book Reviews Recent Progress And Current Status Of Studies On The Chemistry, Metabolism And Spectroscopy Of Chlorophylls, Bacteriochlorophylls And Their Protein Complexes. Also Discussed Is Progress On The Applications Of The Chlorophylls As Photosensitizers In Photodynamic Therapy Of Cancerous Tumours, And As Molecular Probes In Biochemistry, Medicine, Plant Physiology, Ecology And Geochemistry. This Book Summarizes The Chemical, Physical, Biological And Medical Aspects Of Chlorophyll (and Bacteriochlorophyll) Research And Development, With A Focus On The Tremendous Progress Achieved Over The Past 15 Years. Each Section Has An Up-to-date Introductory Overview Which Is Followed By A Series Of Concise Well-focused And Fully-referenced Chapters Written By Experts In (bio)chemistry, (bio)physics, Photobiology And Photomedicine. An Overview Of Chlorophylls And Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions And Applications; Synthesis, Reactivity And Structure Of Chlorophylls; Chlorophyll C Pigments: Current Status; Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments Of Photosynthetic Antennae And Reaction Centers: Specially-tailored Chlorophylls; [heavy Metal]-chlorophylls Formed In Vivo During Heavy Metal Stress And Degradation Products Formed During Digestion, Extraction And Storage Of Plant Material; Spectroscopy And Structure Determination; Spectrometric Assays For Plant, Algal And Bacterial Chlorophylls. Chlorophyll Analysis By New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Methodslarge Scale Chlorophyll Preparations Using Simple Open-column Chromatographic Methods; Chlorophyll Metabolism, An Overview; Biosynthesis Of 5-aminolevulinic Acid; Transfer Rna-dependent Aminolevulinic Acid Formation: Structure And Function Of Glutamyl-trna Synthetase, Reductase And Glutamate-1-semialdehyde-2,1-aminomutase; The Pathway From 5-aminolevul. Edited By Bernhard Grimm [and Others]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. An Overview of Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications....Pages 1-26 Synthesis, Reactivity and Structure of Chlorophylls....Pages 27-37 Chlorophyll c Pigments: Current Status....Pages 39-53 Unusual Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Centers: Specially-tailored Chlorophylls....Pages 55-66 [Heavy metal]-Chlorophylls Formed in Vivo During Heavy Metal Stress and Degradation Products Formed During Digestion, Extraction and Storage of Plant Material....Pages 67-77 Spectroscopy and Structure Determination....Pages 79-94 Spectrometric Assays for Plant, Algal and Bacterial Chlorophylls....Pages 95-107 Chlorophyll Analysis by New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Methods....Pages 109-121 Large Scale Chlorophyll Preparations Using Simple Open-Column Chromatographic Methods....Pages 123-131 Chlorophyll Metabolism, an Overview....Pages 133-146 Biosynthesis of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid....Pages 147-158 Transfer RNA-Dependent Aminolevulinic Acid Formation: Structure and Function Of Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase, Reductase and Glutamate-1-Semialdehyde-2,1-Aminomutase....Pages 159-171 The Pathway from 5-Aminolevulinic Acid to Protochlorophyllide and Protoheme....Pages 173-188 Biosynthesis of Chlorophylls a and b: The Last Steps....Pages 189-200 Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis in Green Bacteria....Pages 201-221 Involvement of Tetrapyrroles in Cellular Regulation....Pages 223-235 Chlorophyll Catabolites and the Biochemistry of Chlorophyll Breakdown....Pages 237-260 The Evolution of Chlorophylls and Photosynthesis....Pages 261-282 The Infl uence of Protein Interactions on the Properties of the Bacteriochlorophyll Dimer in Reaction Centers....Pages 283-295 Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of the Chlorosomes....Pages 297-307 Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Pigment Protein Complexes from Purple Bacteria....Pages 309-321 Effects of Axial Coordination, Electronic Excitation and Oxidation on Bond Orders in the Bacteriochlorin Macrocycle, and Generation of Radical Cation on Photo- Excitation of in vitro and in vivo Bacteriochlorophyll a Aggregates: Resonance Raman Studies....Pages 323-335 Mapping the Global Ring Currents in Porphyrins and Chlorins....Pages 337-347 Bacteriochlorophyll Protein Maquettes....Pages 349-363 Molecular Assembly of Bacteriochlorophyll Complexes Using Synthetic Light-Harvesting Model Polypeptides....Pages 365-373 Reconstitution and Pigment Exchange....Pages 375-385 Assembly of Model Bacteriochlorophyll Proteins in the Native Lipid Environment....Pages 387-396 Photosynthetic Functions of Chlorophylls....Pages 397-412 Excitation Energy Transfer Between (Bacterio)Chlorophylls—the Role of Excitonic Coupling....Pages 413-430 Mechanisms of Carotenoid-to-Bacteriochlorophyll Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting Antenna Complexes 1 and 2: Dependence on the Conjugation Length of Carotenoids....Pages 431-443 Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers....Pages 445-459 Chlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 461-483 Bacteriochlorophyll Sensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 485-494 Metal-substituted Bacteriochlorophylls: Novel Molecular Tools....Pages 495-506 Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Reporter on in vivo Electron Transport and Regulation in Plants....Pages 507-519 Meeting the Challenge of Monitoring Chlorophyll in the Ocean from Outer Space....Pages 521-534 Geochemistry of Chlorophylls....Pages 535-561 Chlorophylls are the most obvious natural pigments on Earth where they can be observed even from satellites in outer space: they also sustain life on Earth through their involvement in photosynthesis. With 37 authoritative chapters, this book reviews recent progress and current status of studies on the chemistry, metabolism and spectroscopy of chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and their protein complexes. Also discussed is progress on the applications of the chlorophylls as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy of cancerous tumours, and as molecular probes in biochemistry, medicine, plant physiology, ecology and geochemistry. With the last book dedicated to chlorophylls published in 1991, and out of print since 1995, this book fills a gap by summarizing the chemical, physical, biological and medical aspects of chlorophyll (and bacteriochlorophyll) research and development, with a focus on the tremendous progress achieved over the past 15 years. The book is aimed equally at advanced students and at both novice and experienced researchers: each section has an up-to-date introductory overview which is followed by a series of concise well-focused and fully-referenced chapters written by experts in (bio)chemistry, (bio)physics, photobiology and photomedicine. The first dedicated new work since 1991, this book reviews recent progress and current studies in the chemistry, metabolism and spectroscopy of chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and their protein complexes.