Photosynthesis: Molecular Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion

Part 1. Natural and Artificial Water Oxidation.- 1. Structure, Electron Transfer Chain of Photosystem II and the Mechanism of Water-splitting (Jian-Ren Shen, Yoshiki Nakajima, Fusamichi Akita, Michihiro Suga).- 2. Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis Elucidated by Interplay between Experiment and Theory (Kizashi Yamaguchi, Shusuke Yamanaka, Hiroshi Isobe, Mitsuo Shoji, Takashi Kawakami, Koichi Miyagawa).- 3. On the Nature of the Functional S-states in the Oxygen Evolving Centre of Photosystem II: What Computational Chemistry Reveals about the Water Splitting Mechanism (Rob Stranger, Simon Petrie, Richard Terrett and Ron J. Pace).- 4. "Toward Molecular Mechanisms of Solar Water Splitting in Semi-Conductor/Manganese Materials and Photosystem II (Harvey J. M. Hou).- Part 2. Light-harvesting Systems.- 5. Chlorophyll Species and Their Functions in the Photosynthetic Energy Conversion (Tatsuya Tomo and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev).- 6."Structure, Organization and Function of Light-harvesting Complexes Associated with Photosystem II (Wenda Wang and Jian-Ren Shen).- 7. Structure, Function, and Evolution of Photosystem I-light harvesting antenna I complexes (Xiaochun Qin).- 8. Light Harvesting Modulation in Photosynthetic Organisms (Miguel A. Hernández-Prieto and Min Chen).- 9. Red-shifted and Red Chlorophylls in Photosystems: Entropy as a Driving Force for Uphill Energy Transfer? (Thomas Friedrich and Franz-Josef Schmitt).- 10. Modification of Energy Distribution between Photosystems I and II by Spillover Revealed by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Makio Yokono, Yoshifumi Ueno, and Seiji Akimoto).- 11. Perception of State Transitions in Photosynthetic Organisms (Rajagopal Subramanyam and Sai Kiran Madireddi).- Part 3. Photo-induced Charge Separation and Primary Electron Transfer Processes.- 12. Molecular Mechanism of Asymmetric Electron Transfer on the Electron Donor Side of Photosystem II (Takumi Noguchi).- Part 4. Membrane Dynamics and Regulation of Excitation Energy/Electron Transfer Processes.- 13. Structure-Function Relationships in Chloroplasts: EPR Study of Temperature-Dependent Regulation of Photosynthesis, an Overview (Alexander N. Tikhonov).- 14. Plasticity of Photosystem II: Fine-tuning of the Structure and Function of Light-Harvesting Complex II and the Reaction Center (Petar H. Lambrev, Parveen Akhtar and Gyozo Garab).- 15. Role of Lipids and Fatty Acids in the Maintenance of Photosynthesis and the Assembly of Photosynthetic Complexes during Photosystem II Turnover (Miguel Alfonso, María A. Luján, and Rafael Picorel).- 16. Evolution and Function of the Extrinsic Subunits of Photosystem II (Kenatro Ifuku and Ryo Nagao).- 17. Effect of Trehalose on the Functional Properties of Photosystem II (Denis V. Yanykin, Andrey A. Khorobrykh, Alexey Yu. Semenov, and Mahir D. Mamedov).- 18. Dynamic Models of the Processes in Thylakoid Membranes (Galina Riznichenko and Andrew Rubin).- 19. Photoacoustics Reveals Specific Thermodynamic Information in Photosynthesis (Harvey J.M. Hou and David Mauzerall).- 20. Plasticity of the Photosynthetic Energy Conversion and Accumulation of Metabolites in Plants in Response to Light Quality (Oksana Sytar, Marek Zivcak, Peyman Mohammadzadeh Toutounchi, Marian Brestic, and Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev).- Part 5. Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production.- 21. Feasibility of Sustainable Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production (Vinzenz Bayro-Kaiser and Nathan Nelson).- 22. Recent Advances in Microalgal Hydrogen Production (Vera Grechanik, and Anatoly Tsygankov).