Modern topics in the phototrophic prokaryotes : metabolism, bioenergetics, and omics

This book offers authoritative contributions by world experts actively working on different aspects of phototrophic prokaryotes. Providing up-to-date information in this rapidly advancing field, it covers the range of topics that are currently the focus of research with this group of organisms. As e...

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Other Authors Hallenbeck, Patrick C.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Prokaryotes.
Photosynthetic bacteria.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Photosynthetic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria; Introduction to Biological Nitrogen Fixation; Organization of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria; Cascade Activation of Nitrogen Fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus; Ammonium Inhibition of Nitrogen Fixation in Rhodobacter capsulatus; Ammonium Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Rhodopseudomonas palustris; Ammonium Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Rhodospirillum rubrum; Darkness Regulation of Nitrogenase; Iron Regulation of Electron Transport to Nitrogenase.
  • Regulation of Molybdate Uptake and Alternative Nitrogenases Nitrogenase Protection Against Oxygen Damage; Nitrogenase Protection Against Carbon Monoxide Inhibition; References; Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Bacteria; Introduction; Sulfur Oxidation Capabilities of Phototrophic Bacteria; Purple Sulfur Bacteria; Green Sulfur Bacteria; Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria; Aerobic Bacteriochlorophyll-Containing Bacteria; Acidobacteria; Phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes; Sulfur Oxidation Pathways; Oxidation of Thiosulfate; Oxidation of Thiosulfate to Tetrathionate.
  • Oxidation of Thiosulfate to Sulfate Oxidation of Sulfide; Oxidation of Polysulfides; Oxidation of External Sulfur; Properties of Sulfur Globules; Oxidation of Stored Sulfur to Sulfite; The Dsr System of Sulfur Oxidation; The Hdr-Like System of Sulfur Oxidation; Oxidation of Sulfite to Sulfate; Oxidation of Sulfite in the Periplasm; Oxidation in the Cytoplasm; Indirect Pathway via Adenosine 52 Phosphosulfate; Direct Pathway via SoeABC; Sulfate Assimilation; References; Biochemistry of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis in Photosynthetic Prokaryotes; Introduction; Common Pathway.
  • Common Pathway 1: 5-Aminolevulinate Formation Common Pathway 2: From 5-Aminolevulinate to Uroporphyrinogen III; Common Pathway 3: From Uroporphyrinogen III to Protoporphyrin; A Core Pathway of the Mg Branch: Protoporphyrin IX to Chlorophyllide a; Mg Chelatase; The I Subunit (BchI/ChlI); The D Subunit (BchD/ChlD); The H Subunit (BchH/ChlH); Interactions of the H Subunit with Other Enzymes for Substrate/Product Channeling; GUN4; Mg-Protoporphyrin IX Methyltransferase; Mg-Protoporphyrin IX Monomethyl Ester Oxidative Cyclase; Oxygen-Independent MPE Cyclase BchE.
  • Oxygen-Dependent MPE Cyclase AcsF/ChlA 3,8-Divinyl (Proto)chlorophyllide a 8-Vinyl Reductase; (NADPH-Dependent 8-Vinyl Reductase) BciA; Ferredoxin-Dependent 8-Vinyl Reductase BciB; COR: A Third 8-Vinyl Reductase; Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase; Light-Independent (Dark-Operative) Pchlide Oxidoreductase DPOR; Light-Dependent Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase; Functional Differentiation of DPOR and LPOR and Evolutionary Implications; Final Two Steps from Chlorophyllide a to Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll Synthase ChlG and Bacteriochlorophyll Synthase BchG.

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