Photosynthesis Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration)
Bacon Ke
Photosynthesis: Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics is  the first single-authored book in the Advances in Photosynthesis  Series. It provides an overview of the light reactions and electron  transfers in both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. The scope of  the book is characterized by the time frame in which the light  reactions and the subsequent electron transfers take place, namely  between =10-3 second. The book is  divided into five parts: An Overview; Bacterial Photosynthesis;  Photosystem II & Oxygen Evolution; Photosystem I; and Proton  Transport and Photophosphorylation. In discussing the structure and  function of various protein complexes, we begin with an introductory  chapter, followed by chapters on light-harvesting complexes, the  primary electron donors and the primary electron acceptors, and  finally the secondary electron donors. The discussion on electron  acceptors is presented in the order of their discovery to convey a  sense of history, in parallel with the advancement in instrumentation  of increasing time resolution. The book includes a large number of  stereo pictures showing the three-dimensional structure of various  photosynthetic proteins, which can be easily viewed with unaided eyes.  This book is designed to be used as a textbook in a graduate or  upper-division undergraduate course in photosynthesis, photobiology,  plant physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics; it is equally suitable  as a resource book for students, teachers, and researchers in the  areas of molecular and cellular biology, integrative biology,  microbiology, and plant biology.