Life on earth depends on the photosynthetic use of solar energy by plants, and efforts to develop alternative sources of energy include a major thrust toward the use of photosynthesis to yield fuels. The study of photosynthesis is an especially convincing way of bringing together the disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology and can be a valuable element in the teaching of biophysics and biochemistry. This book provides the only detailed modern treatment of the subject in a concise form. Part I outlines the historical development of the subject, emphasizing the chemical nature of photosynthesis and the roles of chlorophylls and other pigments. Part II reviews our present knowledge of the structure and components of photosynthetic tissues in relation to their function. Part III deals with the photo-chemistry of photosynthesis and with the patterns of chemical events, principally electron and proton transfer, that follow the photo-chemistry. Part IV treats the relationships of electron and proton transport to ATP formation, and the metabolic patterns of carbon assimilation. An epilogue exposes major areas of confusion and ignorance and indicates potentially fruitful directions of research, including the development of photosynthetic systems for solar energy conversion. Throughout the book, there are frequent digressions into those aspects of optics and molecular physics relevant to the subject matter. Suitable for upper undergraduate and graduate course use, this book is also sufficiently detailed to give professional scientists a perspective of the subject at the level of contemporary research.
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An approximate overall equation for photosynthesis in green plants is 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2 (1.1) where C6H12O6 represents a simple sugar. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
carotenoid shift, peripheral acceptors, photochemical center, long wave absorption maximum, photochemical utilization, reductive pentose cycle, isolated reaction centers, binary oscillations, chemical coupling hypothesis, shorter wave light, active reaction centers, ambient redox potential, consecutive flashes, oxidized special pair, actinic beam, stacked regions, soluble ferredoxin, photochemical charge separation, delayed fluorescence, green sulfur bacteria, secondary quinones, actinic light, bacterial reaction centers, photochemical reaction centers, proton potential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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An approximate overall equation for photosynthesis in green plants is 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2 (1.1) where C6H12O6 represents a simple sugar. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
carotenoid shift, peripheral acceptors, photochemical center, long wave absorption maximum, photochemical utilization, reductive pentose cycle, isolated reaction centers, binary oscillations, chemical coupling hypothesis, shorter wave light, active reaction centers, ambient redox potential, consecutive flashes, oxidized special pair, actinic beam, stacked regions, soluble ferredoxin, photochemical charge separation, delayed fluorescence, green sulfur bacteria, secondary quinones, actinic light, bacterial reaction centers, photochemical reaction centers, proton potential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brookhaven Symp, Academic Press, Plant Physiol, Methods Enzymol, Pauli Exclusion Principle, University of Kentucky New!
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- The Photosynthetic Bacteria by R. Clayton on 9 pages
- Light and Living Matter: A Guide to the Study of Photobiology (Part v) by Roderick K. Clayton on page 49
- Plant Biochemistry by P. M. Dey on page 261
- Biological Applications of Electron Spin Resonance by H.M. Swartz on page 162
- Photosynthesis by Dr David W Lawlor on page 15, and page 29
- Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology by Park S. Nobel on page 181, and page 255
- Advances in Botanical Research, Vol. 13 by J. A. Callow on page 59
- Polymerization in Organized Media by C. Paleos on page 326
- Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences by Raymond Chang on page 594
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