Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions

I: Introduction; C. Yocum, D. Ort. II: Thylakoid Membranes. A: Structure. 1. Introduction, composition, heterogeneity in structure and composition; A. Staehelin. 2. Evolution of thylakoid structure; J.K. Hoober. 3. Evolution of thylakoid structure; G.R. Wolfe, J.K. Hoober. B: Synthesis and Assembly of Thylakoid Membranes. 1. Thylakoid membrane development and assembly; A. Webber, N. Baker. 2. Development of thylakoid membrane stacking; L. Mustardy. 3. Biosynthesis of thylakoid membrane lipids; R. Douce, J. Joyard. 4. Thylakoid membrane proteins: synthesis, import, processing, insertion; C. Robinson. III: The Photosynthetic Apparatus. A: Oxygen Evolution. 1. Introduction to O2 evolution and the O2-evolving complex and role of extrinsic polypeptides; T. Bricker, D. Ghanotakis. 2. Mechanism of O2 evolution: charge accumulation, Mn oxidation, S-state cycle, roles of Ca2+ and C1-; D. Britt. 3. Proton release during water oxidation; W. Junge. B: Photosystem II. 1. Introduction to PSII reaction center function, composition and structure; K. Satoh. 2. Primary electron transfer: Z-->QA; B. Diner, G. Babcock. 3. Plastoquinone reduction: 2e- gate, proton uptake, role of Fe, herbicide binding; C. Wraight. 4. Role of cytochrome B559; J. Whitmarsh, H. Pakrasi. 5. PSII heterogeneity; J.-M. Briantais, J. Lavergne. C: Photosystem I. 1. Introduction to PSI reaction center function, composition and structure; R. Nechustai. 2. Primary electron transfer: P700→Fx; R. Malkin. 3. Ferredoxin reduction and reactions of reduced ferredoxin: NAPD, thioredoxins, nitrite reductase, etc.; D. Knaff. 4. Status report on crystal structure of PSI reaction center; H. Witt. D: Components of Intersystem Electron Transfer. 1. Introduction to cytochrome b6f complex function and composition and structure; G. Hauska. 2. Mechanism of H+ and e- transfer; W. Cramer. 3. Plastocyanin: structure, location, diffusion, electron transfer mechanism; E. Gross. 4. Status report on crystal structure of cytochrome f; W. Cramer. E: Coupling Factor. 1. Introduction to coupling factor function and composition and structure; R. McCarty. 2. Catalytic mechanism: role of subunits, nucleotide binding, interaction of CF1 with CF0; M. Richter. 3. Regulation of coupling factor activity; J. Mills. 4. Status report of structure of CF1; E. Boekema. F: Light Harvesting Complexes. 1. Introduction, survey and nomenclature; D. Simpson, J. Knotzel. 2. Structure, protein and pigment composition of LHC II, LHC I and other CAB species; E. Pichersky, S. Jansson. 3. Excitation energy transfer: functional aspects of CAB proteins, spillover, etc.; A. Melis. 4. Carotenoids: location and function; H. Yamamoto, R. Bassi. IV: Molecular Biology/Genetics of the Photosynthetic App