UID:
almafu_9958130474102883
Format:
1 online resource (383 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-47506-X
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0-323-15355-0
Content:
Light Transducing Membranes
Note:
Proceedings of the conference held in December.
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Front Cover; Light Transducing Membranes: Structure, Function, and Evolution; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part 1: The Chemical Evolution of Biomolecules on the Primitive Earth; CHAPTER 1. FORMATION OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS UNDER PRIMITIVE EARTH CONDITIONS AND THE ROLE OF MEMBRANES IN PREBIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INTERSTELLAR ORGANIC MOLECULES; III. SOLAR SYSTEM ORGANIC MOLECULES; IV. PREBIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; V. PREBIOTIC SYNTHESES; VI. CYANAMIDE AND THE FORMATION OF BIOPOLYMERS; VII. FORMATION OF ACYLGLYCEROLS AND PHOSPHATIDC ACIDS
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VIII. THE ROLE OF MEMBRANES IN PROTOCELL DEVELOPMENTIX. SELF-ASSEMBLY OF LIPIDIC VESICLES; X. SPECULATIONS ON EARLY BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF BILAYER MEMBRANES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LIPOSOMES FROM SINGLE-CHAIN AMPHIPHILES; III. SYNTHESIS OF MG'S AND PHOSPHOGLYCERIDES UNDER PREBIOTIC CONDITIONS; IV. LIPID CONCENTRATION REQUIRED FOR MEMBRANE FORMATION; V. CONCLUSIONS: MEMBRANE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF ATP: PROTOMEMBRANES AND PROTOMETABOLISM; I. INTRODUCTION
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II. THE ORDER OF PRIMORDIAL EVENTSIII. THE ORIGIN OF MEMBRANES; IV. CATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EVOLUTION; V. ORIGIN OF ENERGY-RICH PHOSPHATES; REFERENCES; Part 2: Self-Assembling Membrane Systems; CHAPTER 4. ROLE OF IONIC ENVIRONMENT ON SELF-ASSEMBLY PROPERTIES OF PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; IV. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 5. THE PACKING OF LIPIDS AND PROTEINS IN MEMBRANES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THERMODYNAMIC AND PACKING CRITERIA FOR LIPIDS AND PROTEINS IN MEMBRANES
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III. PACKING OF FLUID-LIKE MOLECULESIV. PACKING OF RIGID AND FLUID MOLECULES; V. MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; VI. MEMBRANE-MEMBRANE INTERACTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. ASSEMBLY OF VIRAL MEMBRANES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BUDDING OF ENVELOPED VIRUSES; III. CYTOPLASMIC ASSEMBLY; IV. IN VITRO ASSEMBLY; V. MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY AND ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; REFERENCES; Part 3: Bacterial Light Transducing Systems; CHAPTER 7. SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF HALOBACTERIA AND OF CHEMIOSMOTIC MECHANISMS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN THE PURPLE MEMBRANE
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I. INTRODUCTIONII. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. LIGHT ENERGY CONVERSION IN HALOBACTERIUM HALOBIUM CELL ENVELOPE VESICLES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LIGHT-DRIVEN CATION TRANSPORT; III. LIGHT-DRIVEN AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; IV. REGULATORY PROPERTIES OF TRANSPORT CARRIERS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ENERGETIC PROCESSES IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA: COMPARISONS WITH GREEN PLANTS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. REACTION CENTERS OF PURPLE SULFUR AND NON-SULFUR BACTERIA
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III. OTHER REACTION CENTERS
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-207650-8
Language:
English
