Bioenergetics 2

This new edition has been substantially rewritten and updated, and includes colour plates and cartoons to aid understanding. The book contains a comprehensive list of the most relevant reviews on each area of bioenergetics and, in addition, the methodology of bioenergetic experimentation is discussed in detail Bioenergetics 2 aims to clarify topics such as the thermodynamics of bioenergetic processes and the stoichiometries of energy coupling reactions. The book discusses chemiosmotic energy transduction; ion transport across energy-conserving membranes; and quantitative bioenergenetics as the measurement of driving forces. The text also describes the chemiosmotic proton circuit; the respiratory chain; the photosynthetic generators of protonmotive force; and the ATP synthase. The secondary transport of products across the membrane, as well as the structures of the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center and bacteriorhodopsin are also considered. Biochemists will find the book invaluable. Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv PREFACE, Pages ix-x NOTE TO THE READER, Page xi GLOSSARY, Pages xiii-xvi 1 - CHEMIOSMOTIC ENERGY TRANSDUCTION, Pages 2-20 2 - ION TRANSPORT ACROSS ENERGY-CONSERVING MEMBRANES, Pages 22-37 3 - QUANTITATIVE BIOENERGETICS: THE MEASUREMENT OF DRIVING FORCES, Pages 38-63 4 - THE CHEMIOSMOTIC PROTON CIRCUIT, Pages 64-104 5 - RESPIRATORY CHAINS, Pages 106-154 6 - PHOTOSYNTHETIC GENERATORS OF PROTONMOTIVE FORCE, Pages 156-176,176a,176b,176c,176d,177-187 7 - THE ATP SYNTHASE, Pages 188-204 8 - SECONDARY TRANSPORT, Pages 206-234 9 - ENDPIECE, Pages 235-237 REFERENCES, Pages 239-247 INDEX, Pages 249-255 An introduction to membrane bioenergetics and the chemiosmotic theory and a current review of research, this new edition includes coverage of advances in the molecular understanding of energy-transducing membrane proteins and more extensive coverage of microbial and photosynthetic bioenergetics.