Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun

14th International Congress on Photosynthesis

Volume I

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John F. Allen

Elisabeth Gantt

John H. Golbeck

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Volume I

Section One Bioenergy and Photosynthesis

1 Photosynthetic Electron Transport Properties of an Uptake HydrogenaseDeletion Mutant of Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102 3Yagut Allahverdiyeva, Ilkka Sairanen, Karin Stensjo, Peter Lindblad, and Eva-Mari Aro

2 The Stoichiometry of Photosystem II to Photosystem I in Higher Plants 7Da-Yong Fan, Alexander B. Hope, Paul J. Smith, Husen Jia, Ron J. Pace,Jan M. Anderson, and Wah Soon Chow

3 Thiosulfate-Oxidizing Multi-component System in the Green Sulfur BacteriumChlorobaculum tepidum 11Takuro Ogawa, Daisuke Seo, Hidehiro Sakurai, and Kazuhito Inoue

4 . Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Cytochrome 6559 in theCyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus 15Fernando Guerrero, Mercedes Roncel, Diana Kirilovsky, and Jose M. Ortega

5 Differential Expression of hoxY Gene, Encoding the Small Subunit of BidirectionalHydrogenase, Under Ar-Induced Microaerobic Conditions in Synechocystissp. PCC6803 and Anabaena sp. PCC7120 19Cosmin Ionel Sicora and Eva-Mari' Aro

Section Two Reaction Centers

1 15N Photo-CIDNP MAS NMR on RCs of Rhodobacter sphaeroides WT and R26 25Eugenio Daviso, Karthick Babu Sai Sankar Gupta, Shipra Prakash, Peter Gast,A. Alia, Gunnar Jeschke, and Jorg Matysik

2 Comparison of Thermostability of Reaction Centres of R. sphaeroidesin LDAO Micelles and Reconstituted into POCP Liposomes 29Felix Bohles, Peter Heathcote, Michael Jones, and Stefano Santabarbara

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3 Time-Resolved Delayed Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Study the Influenceof Bicarbonate on a Green Algae Mutant Photosystem II 35Joachim Buchta, Tatiana Shutova, Goran Samuelsson, and Holger Dau

4 Light Induced Exchange of Different psbA Gene Copies in the CyanobacteriumThermosynechococcus elongatus 39Peter B. Kds, Zsuzsanna Deak, Otilia Cheregi, and Imre Vass

5 The Primary Electron Acceptor of Photosystem II Is Weakly Coupledto the Accessory Chlorophyll 43Nicholas Cox, Joseph L. Hughes, Ronald Steffen, Paul J. Smith,A. William Rutherford, Elmars Krausz, and Ron J. Pace

6 Regulation of Photoprotection by Non-Radiative Charge Recombinationin Photosystem II 47Krisztian Cser and Imre Vass

7 Primary Charge Separation in PS2 Core Complexes from Synechocystis 6803:A Comparison of Femtosecond Visible/Mid-IR Pump-Probe Spectra of Wild Typeand Two P680 Mutants 51M. Di Donato, R. O. Cohen, B. A. Diner, J. Breton, R. van Grondelle, and M. L. Groot

8 I3C Photo-CIDNP MAS NMR on the LH1-RC complexof Rhodopseudomonas acidophila 55Anna Diller, A. Alia, Peter Gast, Gunnar Jeschke, and Jorg Matysik

9 Structure of Radical Pairs D"+ QA-i in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

Cooled to Cryogenic Temperatures in the Dark and Under Illumination:A High-Field EPR/PELDOR Study .̂ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59M. Flores, A. Savitsky, E. C. Abresch, W. Lubitz, and K. Mobius

10 Afl—>A, Electron Transfer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii PS Iwith Replaced A() Axial Ligand 65Wojciech Giera, Krzysztof Gibasiewicz, V. M. Ramesh, Marcin Ziotek,Jerzy Karolczak, Andrzej Dobek, and Andrew N. Webber

11 Characterization of Homodimeric Type I Reaction Center Cores fromHeliobacterium modesticaldum by High-Field Electron ParamagneticResonance Spectroscopy 69Anton Savitsky, Mark Heinnickel, Leysan Khuzeeva, Mikhail L. Antonkine,Klaus Mobius, and John H. Golbeck

12 Quinone Anion Bands in A,~/A, FTIR Difference Spectra Investigated UsingPhotosystem I Particles with Specifically Labeled NaphthoquinonesIncorporated into the Aj Binding Site 73Gary Hastings and K. M. Priyangika Bandaranayake

13 Primary Reactions - From Isolated Complexes to Intact Plants 77Alfred R. Holzwarth

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14 What Is the Origin of the Highly Dispersive Quantum Efficiencies forSecondary Donor Oxidation at Low Temperature in Photosystem II? 85Joseph L. Hughes, Ronald Steffen, Nick Cox, Paul Smith, Ron J. Pace,A. William Rutherford, and Elmars Krausz

15 Antenna Activity of Metal-Substituted Chi a Bound to the Chi a-BindingSites in PS1 RC Complexes 89S. Ohtake, Y. Morikawa, and I. Ikegami

16 Unidirectional Electron Transfer in Chlorophyll rf-Containing Photosystem IReaction Center Complex of Acaryochloris marina 93Shigeru Itoh, Tatsuya Uzumaki, Shinichi Takaichi, Masayo Iwaki, Shigeichi Kumazaki,Kunihiro Itoh, and Hiroyuki Mino

17 I3C Photo-CIDNP MAS NMR Studies on Oriented Reaction Centers 97Anna Diller, A. Alia, Peter Gast, Huub J. M. de Groot, Clemens Glaubitz,Gunnar Jeschke, and Jorg Matysik

18 The Influence of Aspartate 575psaB on the Midpoint Potentials ofPhylloquinones A,A/A]B and the Fx Iron-Sulfur Cluster in Photosystem I 101Irina Karyagina, Yulia Pushkar, Dietmar Stehlik, Art van der Est, Hiroshi Ishikita,Ernst-Walter Knapp, Bharat Jagannathan, Rufat Agalarov, and John H. Golbeck

19 Redox Potential of Chlorophyll d 105Shunsuke Ohashi, Masahiro Kasahara, Sohjiro Fukuyo, Masataka Nakazato,Koji Iwamoto, Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Yuki Kato, Tadashi Watanabe,and Masami Kobayashi

20 Unexpected Difference in the P700 Redox Potential Among OxygenicPhotosynthetic Organisms Revealed by Spectroelectrochemistry 109Yuki Kato, Akimasa Nakamura, Tomoyuki Suzawa, and Tadashi Watanabe

21 The Oxidation Potential of Chi a Is the Lowest - A New Schemefor O2 Evolution in PS II 113Masami Kobayashi, Shunsuke Ohashi, Sohjiro Fukuyo, Masahiro Kasahara,and Tadashi Watanabe

22 Structure for Thermostability of Photosynthetic Reaction Centerfrom Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium, Thermochromatium tepidum 117Masayuki Kobayashi, Yuichiro Shimada, Yoichiro Fujioka, Hiroaki Suzuki,Zheng-Yu Wang, and Tsunenori Nozawa

23 Detection of Quinone Function in the Homodimeric Type-I ReactionCenter of Heliobacterium modesticaldum 123Toru Kondo, Hiroyuki Mino, Masahiro Matsuoka, Chihiro Azai, Hirozo Ohoka,and Shigeru Itoh

24 The Role of AspL213 for Stabilizing Semiquinone Binding to thePhotosynthetic Reaction Center 127Eva-Maria Krammer and G. Matthias Ullmann

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25 Triplet States in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Rb. sphaeroides 133Aliaksandr Marchanka, Wolfgang Lubitz, Mark Paddock, and Maurice van Gastel

26 Triplet Photoprotection by Carotenoid in Intact Photosystem II Cores 137Victor Martinez-Junza, Malwina Szczepaniak, Silvia E. Braslavsky,Julia Sander, Matthias Rogner, and Alfred R. Holzwarth

27 Redox Reactions of the Non-Heme Iron of Photosystem II:An EPR Spectroscopic Study 141James P. McEvoy and Gary W. Brudvig (

28 Spectral-and Kinetic Properties of Semiquinones in Bacterial PhotosyntheticReaction Centres Embedded in Liposomes Obtained by Different Phospholipids 145Francesco Milano, Emiliano Altamura, Angela Agostiano, Livia Giotta,and Massimo Trotta

29 A Model for Temperature-Dependent Peak Shift of the BacterialReaction-Center Absorption 149Koichiro Mukai, Keisuke Saito, and Hitoshi Sumi

30 The Heine-Containing Portion of Cytochrome cz from Chlorobium tepidum:Its Over-Expression in Escherichia coli and Spectroscopic Studies 153Makoto Higuchi, Hirozo Oh-oka, Toru Kondo, Hiroyuki Mino, Shigeru Itoh,and Zheng-Yu Wang

31 Slow Energy Transfer from the Core Antennas CP43 and CP47 to the PSIIRC Studied by Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy r 159N. P. Pawlowicz, M. L. Groot, I. H. M. van Stokkum, J. Breton, and R. van Grondelle

32 Theoretical Modeling of the Optical Properties and Exciton Dynamicsof the PSII Reaction Center 163Roman Y. Pishchalnikov, Marc G. Mu'ller, and Alfred R. Holzwarth

33 Directionality in Photosystem I: A Preliminary Study of the PsaA-A684D Mutant 167Rajiv Luthra, Audrius Jasaitis, Fabrice Rappaport, and Kevin Redding

34 13C Photo-CIDNP MAS NMR on the Reaction Center of Green SulphurBacterium at Two Different Magnetic Fields 173Esha Roy, A. Alia, Peter Gast, Hans J. van Gorkom, Gunnar Jeschke,and Jorg Matysik

35 Mechanism of Spin-Triplet-State Formation on the Accessory Chlorophyllin the Reaction Center of Photosystem II 177Keisuke Saito, Koichiro Mukai, and Hitoshi Sumi

36 The Physiological Relevance of Bidirectional Electron Transferin Photosystem I of Eukaryotes 183Stefano Santabarbara, Paolo Bombelli, Charlotte Russell, Saul Purton,Anna Paola Casazza, and Michael C.W. Evans

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37 Temperature Dependence of the Reduction Kinetics of P680+

in Oxygen-Evolving PS II Complexes Throughout the Range from 320 to 80 K 187Eberhard Schlodder

38 Low Quantum Yield Electron Transfer Pathways in PSII 191Matthias Schenderleiri, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Marianne (Jetin, and Eberhard Schlodder

39 Detection of Ultrafast Process in the Energy and Electron TransferDynamics in the Photosystem I Reaction Center 197Yutaka Shibata, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Yosuke Satoh, and Shigeru Itoh

40 Low Temperature Secondary Pathway Donation in Photosystem II of Spinach 201Ronald Steffen, Joseph L. Hughes, Nick Cox, Paul Smith, Ron J. Pace,and Elmars Krausz

41 Structure-Function Correlations in the (Ao —> A, -> Fx) Electron TransferKinetics of the Phylloquinone (A,) Acceptor in Cyanobacterial Photosystem 1 207Nithya Shrinivasan, Irina Karyagina, John H. Golbeck, and Dietmar Stehlik

42 Influence of the Protein Environment on the Regulation of thePhotosystem II Activity - A Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study 211Malwina Szczepaniak, Julia Sander, Marc Nowaczyk, Marc G. Mtiller,Matthias Rogner, and Alfred R. Holzwarth

43 Purification and Biochemical Characterization of PSI-LHCI Supercomplexin Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 215Mariko Sumimoto, Takahito Onishi, Jian-Ren Shen, and Yuichiro Takahashi

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44 Reassessment of the Redox Potential of P740: The Primary Electron Donorin Photosystem I of the Chlorophyll d Containing Cyanobacterium,Acaryochloris marina 219Matthias Schenderlein, Marianne Cetin, Eberhard Schlodder, Samuel Benson,

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45 Identification of the Special Pair and Chlz of photosystem IIin Acaryochloris marina 223Tatsuya Tomo, Tatsunori Okubo, Seiji Akimoto, Hideaki Miyashita, Tohru Tsuchiya, •Takumi Noguchi, and Mamoru Mimuro

46 Transient EPR Studies of In Vivo Uptake of Substituted Anthraquinonesby Photosystem I in Phylloquinone Biosynthetic Pathway Mutants ofSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803 227Sara Chirico, Eric Drago, John H. Golbeck, Wade Johnson, and Art van der Est

47 Energetics of Photosystem II Charge Recombination in Acaryochloris marinaStudied by Thermoluminescence and Flash Induced Chlorophyll FluorescenceMeasurements 231Imre Vass, Krisztian Cser, Alison Telfer, Samuel L. Benson,James Barber, and Zsuzsanna Deak

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Section Three Structure and Function of Light Harvesting Complexes

1 Crystal Structures of the NblA Protein 237Monica Dines, Rakefet Schwarz, and Noam Adir

2 Molecular Basis of Antenna System Adaptation in a Chi rf-Containing Organism 243Min Chen, Kathy Donohoe, Ben Crossett, Martin Schliep, and Tony Larkum

3 Structural Assessment of the Bacteriochlorophyll d Stacking in Chlorosomesfrom a C. tepidum Mutant with MAS NMR Spectroscopy 247Swapna Ganapathy, Michael Reus, Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Donald A. Bryant,Alfred R: Holzwarth, and Huub J. M. de Groot

4 Role of Echinenone in Fluorescence Quenching in IsiA Aggregatesfrom Cyanobacteria 253Sandrine D'Haehe, Kostas Tsoukatos, Stefania S. Lampoura,Hans C. P. Matthijs, and Jan P. Dekker

5 A Comparative MAS NMR Study of Bchl d and Bchl c ProducingMutants of C. tepidum 257Swapna Ganapathy, Michael Reus, Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Donald A. Bryant,Alfred R. Holzwarth, and Huub J. M. de Groot

6 Light-Harvesting and Photoprotection in Diatoms: Identificationand Expression of L818-Like Proteins 261Song-Hua Zhu and Beverley R. Green

7 Coherent Spectroscopy of Carotenoid and Bacteriochlorophyll 265Mitsuru Sugisaki, Masazumi Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Yanagi, Ritsuko Fujii,Richard J. Cogdell, and Hideki Hashimoto

8 Purification and the Antenna Size of Photosystem I Complexesfrom a Centric Diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis 269-Yohei Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kashino, Hiroyuki Koike, and Kazuhiko Satoh

9 Compositional Analysis of Carotenoids in a Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria,Rhodopseudomonas sp. Strain Rits, upon Irradiated Light Intensity 273Tadashi Mizoguchi, Megumi Isaji, Jiro Harada, and Hitoshi Tamiaki

10 Specific Interaction Between CpcG2-Phycobilisome and Photosystem 1 279Kumiko Kondo, Mitsunori Katayama, and Masahiko Ikeuchi

11 The Oligomeric Antenna of the Diatom P. tricornutum - Localisationof Diadinoxanthin Cycle Pigments <. 283Bernard Lepetit, Daniela Volke, Milan Szabd, Ralf Hoffmann, Gyozo Garab,Christian Wilhelm, and Reimund Goss

12 A Theoretical Model for Excitation Energy Transfer in Chlorosomes:Lamellar and Rod-Shaped Antenna Structures 287Linnanto Juha and Korppi-Tommola Jouko

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13 Electron Spin Density Distribution of the Carotenoid Triplet Statein the Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein Antenna of Dinoflagellates Determinedby Pulse ENDOR Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory 291Jens Niklas, Shipra Prakash, Tim Schulte, Maurice van Gastel,Eckhard Hofmann, and Wolfgang Lubitz

14 Investigating the Effect of Crystallization Conditions on the Validityof Phycbcyanin Structural Details 295Ailie\McGregor, Liron David, and Noam Adir

15 Excitation Energy Transfer in PS I of the Cyanobacterium Gloeobacterviolaceus PCC 7421 That Lacks the Long-Wavelength Form of Chlorophyll a 299Mamoru Mimuro, Michiya Higuchi, Hidetoshi Inoue, Makio Yokono,Tohru Tsuchiya, Hideaki Miyashita, and Seiji Akimoto

16 Probing the Carotenoid in Its Binding Site in a Reconstituted LH1 Complexfrom the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum withElectroabsorption Spectroscopy : 303Katsunori Nakagawa, Satoru Suzuki, Ritsuko Fujii, Alastair T. Gardiner,Richard J. Cogdell, Hideki Hashimoto, and Mamoru Nango

17 Regulation of Antenna Functions in Chlorophyll Assemblies 307Toru Oba, Koji Ogura, Manami Hiraide, Satoshi Ito, and Kazuhisa Hiratani

18 Binding Sites of Cadmium Ions Within Photosystem II 311Marzena de Odrow^z Piramowicz, Ralph Bock, Aleksandra Orzechowska,Kazimierz Strzalka, and Kvetoslava Burda

19 Chlorosomal Self-aggregation of Zinc Chlorophyll Derivatives in the Presenceof Cationic Surfactant Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide and Organosilanesin Aqueous Phase 315Yoshitaka Saga, Hiromu Kida, Yukihiro Nishikawa, and Hitoshi.Tamiaki

20 Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics of a Keto-Carotenoid, Siphonaxanthin,Probed by Time-Resolved Fluorescence " 319Seiji Akimoto, Makio Yokono, Michiya Higuchi, Akio Murakami,Shinichi Takaichi, and Mamoru Mimuro

21 Kinetic Description of Energy and Charge Transfer Processes in PSIfrom Arabidopsis thaliana • 323Chavdar Slavov, MarcG. Miiller, Matteo Ballottari, Tomas Morosinotto,Roberto Bassi, and Alfred R. Holzwarth

22 Diversity and Localization of Bacteriochlorophylls Possessing Different .17-Propionate Groups in Purple Bacterial Antennae 327Tadashi Mizoguchi, Jiro Harada, Sayaka Yoshida, Megumi Isaji, and Hitoshi Tamiaki

23 Functional Identification of GDP-Fucose Synthase Gene in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. . . . 331Mari Mochimaru, Hajime Masukawa, Takashi Maoka, and Shinichi Takaichi

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24 Chiral Self-assembly of Synthetic Zinc Protobacteriochlorophyll-d Derivatives 335Hitoshi Tamiaki and Hajime Sumi

25 Excitation Energy Transfer in the Phycobiliprotein Antenna of Acaryochloris marinaStudied by Transient fs Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy 339C. Theiss, F. J. Schmitt, S. Andree, C. Cardenas-Chavez, K. Wache,J. Fuesers, M. Vitali, M. Wess, S. Kussin, H. J. Eichler, and H.-J. Eckert

26 Unique Optical Properties of LHC II Isolated from Codium fragile - Its Correlationto Protein Environment 343Tohru Tsuchiya, Tatsuya Tomo, Seiji Akimoto, Akio Murakami, and Mamoru Mimuro

27 Modelling the Structure of the IsiA-PS I Supercomplex 347Yinan Zhang, Min Chen, Bret Church, Anthony W. D. Larkum, and Lars S. Jermiin

Section Four Oxygen Evolution

1 Purification and Crystallization of Photosystem II Dimer Complexfrom a Red Alga Cyanidium caldarium ' . . . . ' 353Hideyuki Adachi, Isao Enami, Takahiro Henmi, Nobuo Kamiya, and Jian-Ren Shen

2 A Detailed Structural Model for the Eukaryotic LHCII-PS II Supercomplex 357Jon Nield and James Barber

3 Ligation of the C-Terminus of the Dl Polypeptide of Photosystem IIto the Oxygen Evolving Complex: A DFT-QM/MM Study 363Jose A. Gascon, Eduardo M. Sproviero, James P. McEvoy, Gary W. Brudvig,and Victor S. Batista

4 Effects of Chloride/Bromide Substitution on Substrate Water ExchangeRates in Photosystem II . 369Katrin Beckmann, Naoko Ishida, Alain Boussae, and Johannes Messinger

5 Photosystem II - Details of Cofactor-Protein Interactions in the Lightof the 3 A Resolution Crystal Structure 373Matthias Broser, Albert Guskov, Jan Kern, Junko Yano, Vittal Yachandra,Bernhard Loll, Jacek Biesiadka, Wolfram Saenger, and Athina Zouni

6 Functional Manganese Model Chemistry Relevant to the Oxygen-Evolving Complexof Photosystem II: Oxidation of a Mn(III,IV) Complex Coupled to Deprotonationof a Terminal Water Ligand 377Clyde W. Cady, Robert H. Crabtree, and Gary W. Brudvig

7 Photoactivation of the PSII Mn4-Ca: Error-Prone Metalloprotein Assembly? 383Robert L. Burnap

8 Ammonia-Induced Structural Changes of the Oxygen-Evolving Complexin Photosystem II Diminished at 277 K as Revealed by Light-Induced FTIRDifference Spectroscopy 389Hsin-Ho Huang, Tung-Hei Wang, and Hsiu-An Chu

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9 Eight Steps Preceding O-O Bond Formation in Oxygenic Photosynthesis -A Basic Reaction Cycle of the Photosystem II Manganese Complex 393Holger Dau and Michael Haumann

10 PHotosystem II Function and Bicarbonate 397Yashar Feyziyev

11 Quantum Requirement for Oxygen Evolution in Photosystem IINew Experimental Data and Theoretical Solutions 401Mario Fragata and Venkataramanaiah Viruvuru

12 The Manganese Complex of Photosystem II: Extended-Range EXAFSData and Specific Structural Models for Four S-States '... . 405Alexander Grundmeier, Paola Loja, Michael Haumann, and Holger Dau 407

13 Current State of Crystallographic Studies on Cyanobacterial Photosystem II -In Search for Better Resolution 409Albert Guskov, Jan Kern, Athina Zouni, and Wolfram Saenger

14 Cytochrome b-559 Is Important for Modulating Electron Transfer on theAcceptor Side of Photosystem II and for Photoprotection During Assemblyof the Mn4Ca Complex 413Mary Hamilton, Emmanuel Franco, Zsuzsanna Deak, Imre Vass, and Peter Nixon

15 S-State Dependence of Misses in the OEC Probed by EPR Spectroscopyof Individual S-States 419Guangye Han, Susan F. Morvaridi, Felix Ho, Fikret Mamedov, and Stenbjorn Styring

16 The Mechanism Behind the Formation of the "Split S3" EPR Signalin Photosystem II Induced by Visible rr Near-Infrared Light 423Kajsa G. V. Havelius, Ji-Hu Su, Felix M. Ho, Guangye Han, Fikret Mamedov,and Stenbjorn Styring

17 Substrate Water Oxygen Exchange in Photosystem II: Insights from Mutantsand Ca vs. Sr Substitution 427W. Hillier, I. McConnell, S. Singh, R. Debus, A. Boussac, and T. Wydrzynski

18 Access Channels and Methanol Binding Site to the CaMn4 Cluster inPhotosystem II Based on Solvent Accessibility Simulations, with Implicationsfor Substrate Water Access 431Felix M. Ho and Stenbjorn Styring

19 Probing Tyrosine Z' of the Functional Photosystem II at Temperatures Closeto the Onset of the S-state Transitions: An EPR Investigation Employing Rapid Scans. . 437Nikolaos Ioannidis, Georgia Zahariou, and Vasili Petrouleas

20 Crystallization and Crystal Structure Analysis of a Mutant Photosystem IIComplex Lacking Psbl From Thermosynechococcus vulcanus 441Keisuke Kawakami, Yousuke Kawabata, Takahiro Henmi, Masako Iwai, Takashi Suemasu,Masahiko Ikeuchi, Nobuo Kamiya, and Jian-Ren Shen

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21 ESEEM Study of the Light-Induced Split S, EPR Signal from Photosystem II 445t Fikret Mamedov, Kajsa G. V. Havelius, and Stenbjorn Styring

22 Insights into the Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Mechanism: Determinationof the Dissociation Constants for the Substrate Water Binding Sitesfrom I8O Isotope Exchange Measurements 451Iain MeConnell, Lars-Erik Andreasson, Tom Wydrzynski, and Warwick Hillier

23 The S-State Dependence of the Location and Affinity of the Protons Boundto the Manganese Cluster in Photosystem II 455Hiroyuki Mino, Hiroiku Yamada, Shigeru Itoh, and Asako Kawamori

24 Calcium Requirement for S-State Transitions 459Mohamed Miqyass, Charles F. Yocum, and Hans J. van Gorkom

25 Role of Phosphatidylglycerol in Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II 463Naoki Mizusawa, Isamu Sakurai, Hisako Kubota, and Hajime Wada

26 Oxygen, Water, Proton and Quinone Channels in PSII 467James Murray and James Barber

27 Isolation of PSII Retaining High Oxygen-Evolving Activity from a Marine Diatom,Chaetoceros gracilis 471Ryo Nagao, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Akinori Okumura, Masako Iwai,Takeshi Takahashi, Yasuhiro Kashino, and Isao Enami

28 Cloning and Sequence Analyses of five Extrinsic Proteins in Diatom PSII 475Akinori Okumura, Katsuyoshi Nakazato, Satoshi Yamagoe, Ryo Nagao,Takehiro Suzuki, Masako Iwai, and Isao Enami

29 Q-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of the S3 Stateof the OEC of Photosystem II 479

' Yiannis Sanakis, Josephine Sarrou, Georgia Zahariou, and Vasili Petrouleas

30 Oxidative Water Splitting in Photosynthesis 483G. Renger

31 Identification of Functional Domains of PsbU in Red Algal PSIIby Site-Directed Mutagenesis 487Masanori Sano, Akinori Okumura, Takehiro Suzuki, Masako Iwai, Hideyuki Adachi,Jian-Ren Shen, and Isao Enami

32 Effects of Lipase and Phospholipase-Treatments on PSII: Differences BetweenThermophilic Cyanobacterial and Higher Plant PSII 491Jing Leng, Isamu Sakurai, Hajime Wada, and Jian-Ren Shen

33 Formate-Induced Release of Carbon Dioxide/Hydrogencarbonatefrom Photosystem II 495Dmitriy Shevela, Vyacheslav Klimov, and Johannes Messinger

34 pH Dependence of the So Split EPR Signal in Photosystem II 499Johannes Sjohom, Kajsa G. V. Havelius, and Stenbjorn Styring

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35 Substrate Water Bound to the S2-State of the Mn4OxCa Clusterin Photosystem II Studied by Advanced Pulse EPR Spectroscopy 503Ji-Hu-Su, Wolfgang Lubitz, and Johannes Messinger

36 The Photosynthetic Mn Complex in Its Reaction Cycle: An Attemptto Obtain Pure FTIR Difference Spectra for the Four TransitionsBetween Semi-Stable S-States and for QB Redox Transitions 509Bjtirn Suss and Holger Dau

37 FTIR Study on the Proton Release Pattern During Water Oxidationin Photosystem II Core Complexes from Thermosynechococcus elongatus 513Hiroyuki Suzuki, Miwa Sugiura, and Takumi Noguchi

38 Structural Coupling of Water Molecules with YD in Photosystem II as Revealedby FTIR Spectroscopy 517Ryouta Takahashi, Miwa Sugiura, and Takumi Noguchi

39 IR-Induced Photochemistry in Photosystem II 521Anders Thapper, Fikret Mamedov, and Stenbjorn Styring

40 Expression of the Manganese Stabilising Protein from a Primitive Cyanobacterium.... 525Adele Williamson, Warwick Hillier, and Tom Wydrzynski

41 Electronic Structure and Oxidation State Changes in the Mn4Ca Clusterof Photosystem II ; 529Junko Yano, Yulia Pushkar, Johannes Messinger, Uwe Bergmann, Pieter Glatzel,and Vittal K. Yachandra

42 Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn4Ca Cluster Using X-ray Spectroscopy 533Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Kenneth Sauer, Yulia Pushkar, Uwe Bergmann,Pieter Glatzel, Johannes Messinger, Athina Zouni, and Vittal K. Yachandra

43 Functional Characterization of PsbO, the PSII Manganese Stabilizing Protein 539Hana Popelkova, Alan Commet, and Charles F. Yocum

44 The Progressive Exchange-Narrowing of the SOYZ', S, Yz', and S2YZ" SpectraReveals the Unperturbed Spectrum of Tyr Z' in Oxygen Evolving PSII Preparations:A Rapid Scanning EPR Investigation in the Temperature Range 4.2-240 K . . 543Georgia Zahariou, Nikolaos Ioannidis, G. Sioros, and Vasili Petrouleas

Section Five Electron Transport Operation, Organisation and Regulation

1 Bifurcated Electron Donations from Quinol Oxidoreductase and Soluble CycAto Cytochrome cx of the Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex in the GreenSulfur Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum 549Chihiro Azai, Yusuke Tsukatani, Ryo Miyamoto, Toru Kondo, Hiroumi Murakami,Shigeru Itoh, and Hirozo Oh-oka

2 Kinetic Simulations of the C-Subunit of the Bacterial Reaction Center 553Torsten Becker and G. Matthias Ullmann

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3 Relationship of the In Vivo Bacteriochlorophyll Fluorescenceand the State of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Purple Bacteria 559D. Bina, R. Litvin, and F. Vacha

4 Regulatory Function of Cytochrome b5S9 in Photosystem II 563Kvetoslava Burda, Mark A. Schottler, Aleksandra Orzechowska, Jerzy Kruk,Kazimierz Strzafka, and Ralph Bock

5 Structure of the Cytochrome bj Complex: n-Side Donor Pathwayto the Plastoquinone Pool 569Eiki Yarnashita, Huamin Zhang, Danas Baniulis, and William A. Cramer

6 Oscillating Yield of Flash-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Decayin Intact Cells of Thermosynechococcus elongatus : 573Zsuzsanna Deak and Imre Vass

7 Three-Dimensional Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging for Detecting Effectsof Herbicide on a Whole Plant 577Akira Eguchi, Atsumi Konishi, Fumiki Hosoi, and Kenji Omasa

8 The Mehler Reaction in Chlamydomonas During Photosynthetic Inductionand Steady-State Photosynthesis in Wild-Type and in a Mitochondrial Mutant 581Fabrice Franck and Pierre-Alain Houyoux

9 PetP, a New Cytochrome bj Subunit, and Cytochrome bd Oxidase -Two Potential Regulatory Players of Cyanobacterial Electron Transport? 585Meike Gendrullis, Nina Dyczmons, Dorothea Gomolla, Sven Gathmarin, Gabor Bernat,Dirk Schneider, and Matthias Rogner

10 Electromagnetic Frequency Spectra of Samples Placed in a Coil That Sensesthe Electromagnetic Background Field: Application for Leaves, Chloroplastsand Molecules Useful in Photosynthesis 591Vasilij Goltsey, Merope Tsimilli-Michael, Petko Chernev, Ivelina Zaharieva,Margarita Kouzmanova, and Reto Jorg Strasser

11 Identification of Photosynthesis-Related Genes in Rice Using FOX Hunting System . . . . 597Mieko Higuchi, Keiko Matsui, Takanari Ichikawa, Youichi Kondou,Yukako Hasegawa, Mika Kawashima, Hirohiko Hirochika, and Minami Matsui

12 The Bottom Part of the y Subunit of Fj-ATPase is Important for Catalytic Activity . . . . 601Hiroki Konno, Tomoe Murakami-Fuse, and Toru Hisabori

13 Effects of PsbP Knockdown on the Photosynthetic Electron Transferin Nicotiana tabacum 605Kunio Ido, Kentaro Ifuku, Seiko Ishihara, Yumiko Yamamoto,Chikahiro Miyake, and Fumihiko Sato

14 Redox Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression in Wheat Plants 609Mubariz Ismayilov

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15 Photoinactivation of Ascorbate Peroxidase in Isolated Tobacco Chloroplasts:Galdieria partita APX Maintains Electron Flux Through the Water-Water Cyclein Transplastomic Tobacco Plants 613Hirosuke Kanamoto and Chikahiro Miyake

16 Preferential Decay of the CF,-e Subunit Induces Thylakoid Uncouplingin Wild Watermelon Under Drought Stress 617Kaori Kohzuma, Kinya Akashi, Yuri Munekage, Satoko Sanda, Tohru Hisabori,and Akiho Yokota

17 Investigation of the Function of a nuoE Homologue, slll220 in Synechocystis sp.PCC6803 by Means of Mutagenesis 623Hiroyuki Koike, Md Rafiqul Islam, and Kazuhiko Satoh

18 Spatiotemporal Changes in PRI and NPQ Under Different Light IntensityGradients on Leaf Surfaces ? 627Atsumi Konishi, Mashashi Munehiro, and Kenji Omasa

19 Thioredoxin Potential Target Proteins in Green Sulfur BacteriumChlorobaculum tepidum 631Naomi Hosoya-Matsuda, Toru Hisabori, and Kazuhito Inoue

20 -AG and Temperature Dependencies of the Electron Transfer Rates Between P700+

and A," or Fes" in Photosystem I Containing Different Quinones 635Hiroumi Murakami, Yutaka Shibata, Hiroyuki Mino, and Shigeru Itoh

21 Equilibrium or Disequilibrium? A Dual-Wavelength Investigationof Photosystem I Donors 639Velio Oja, Hillar Eichelmann, and Agu Laisk

22 Characterization of Regulatory Factors of PGR5-DependentPSI Cyclic Electron Transport 643

' Yuki Okegawa, Yugo Kagawa, Yoshichika Kobayashi, and Toshiharu Shikanai

23 Toward an Understanding of Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis 647Gloria Olaso-Gonzalez, Manuela Merchan, arid Luis Serrano-Andres

24 Development of a 3D Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope for Applyingthe Saturation Pulse Method to Chlorophyll a Fluorescence 653Kenji Omasa and Atsumi Konishi

25 Cu2+ Binding Sites in PSII 657Aleksandra Orzechowska, Ralph Bock, Marzena de Odrowaz Piramowicz,Kazimierz Strzalka, and Kvetoslava Burda

26 Alteration of O-J-I-P Chlorophyll Induction Kinetics by Dichromate:An Effect on the Water-Splitting System 661Radovan Popovic, Francois Perreault, David Dewez, Dionne Jerome,and Philippe Juneau ,

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27 Ultrafast Optical Studies of the Cytochrome b6f Complex in Solutionand Crystalline States : 667Naranbaatar Dashdorj, Eiki Yamashita, John Schaibley, William A. Cramer,and Sergei Savikhin

28 CRR1 Is Specifically Involved in Accumulation of the ChloroplastNDH Complex Despite Its Homology to DHPR 671Hideyuki Shimizu and Toshiharu Shikanai •

29 Modulated Sink-Source Interactions Preserve PSII Electron Transport fromSenescence-Induced Inactivation in a Model System with Expanded Life SpanInduced by Decapitation of Bean Plants 675Ivan Yordanov, Vasilij Goltsev, Petko Chernev, Ivelina Zaharieva, Detelin Stefanov,and Reto Jorg Strasser

30 Imaging Heterogeneity of Xanthophyll-Independent Non-photochemical QuenchingDuring Photosynthetic Induction in Shade-Grown Leaves of Avocado(Persea americana L.) 681Kotaro Takayama, Barry Osmond, and Kenji Omasa

31 Dark Inactivation of Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase and Cyclic Electron TransportUnder Far-Red Light in Sunflower Leaves 687Eero Talts, Velio Oja, Heikko Ramma, Bahtijor Rasulov, Agu Anijalg, and Agu Laisk

32 Naturally Occurring Alternative Electron Donors of Photosystem II 691Szilvia Z. Toth, Jos Thomas Puthur, and Gyozo Garab

33 Experimental Resolution and Theoretical Complexity Determine the Amount ofInformation Extractable from the Chlorophyll Fluorescence Transient OJIP 697Merope Tsimilli-Michael and Reto J. Strasser

34 Reconstitution of Cyclic Electron Transport in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803by a Cell-Free System , . . . 703Mai Watanabe, Yasuhiro Kashino, Kazuhiko Satoh, and Hiroyuki Koike

Section Six Assembly and Repair of Pigment-Protein Complexes

1 The Effect of Protein Synthesis Inhibitors on Recovery of PhotodamagedPhotosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Lacking PsbM or PsbT 711Fiona K. Bentley and Julian J. Eaton-Rye

2 The Effect of Removing Photosystem II Extrinsic Proteins on DimerFormation and Recovery from Photodamage in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 715Fiona K. Bentley and Julian J. Eaton-Rye

3 Functional Analysis of PsbZ in Photosystem II from the ThermophilicCyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 719Masako Iwai, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, and Yasunori Inoue

4 ELIP/CAB-Type Proteins Associated with Photosystem II During NormalGrowth of Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 723Galyna Kufryk, Thomas Kieselbach, Wim Vermaas, and Christiane Funk

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5 Arabidopsis PsbOs Differ in Their GTPase Activity 729Bjorn Lundin, Sophie Thuswaldner, and Cornelia Spetea

6 Mutations in CP47 That Target Putative Hydrogen Bonds withSulphoquinovosyl-Diacylglycerol at the Monomer-MonomerInterface of Photosystem II 733Hao Luo and Julian J. Eaton-Rye

7 Structural Analysis of an FtsH2/FtsH3 Complex Isolated fromSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803 737Myles Barker, Marko Boehm, Peter J. Nixon, and Jon Nield

8 Does Photoinactivation of Photosystem II Occur in Low Light Conditions? 741Riichi Oguchi, Ichiro Terashima, and Wah Soon Chow

9 Role of the psbA Gene Family of PSII from the Thermophilic CyanobacteriumThermosynechococcus elongatus 745Julia Sander, Marc Nowaczyk, Marta Kopczak, and Matthias Rogner

10 Small Cab-Like Proteins (SCPs) Affect Synthesis but Not DegradationRates of P-Carotene and Myxoxanthophyll in the Photosystem I-LessStrain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 749Dmitrii Vavilin and Wim Vermaas

Section Seven Membrane Dynamics and Organisation

1 Purified Heterocysts from Nostoc punctiforme Studied by Laser ScanningConfocal Microscopy 755Tanai Cardona, Stenbjorn Styring, Peter Lindblad, and Ann Magnuson

2 Below Ambient Levels of UV Induces Chloroplast Structural Changeand Alters Starch Metabolism 759Wayne R. Fagerberg

3 Impaired Isoprenoid Biosynthesis: A Competitive Disadvantage UnderLight Stress in Synechocystis PCC 6803 763K. Poliquin, F. X. Cunningham Jr., I. MacDonald, R. R. Gantt, and E. Gantt

4 Three-Dimensional Architecture of the Granum-Stroma Thylakoid MembraneSystem Revealed by Electron Tomography 767Laszlo Mustardy, Karolyn Buttle, Gabor Steinbach, and Gyozo Garab

5 3D Chloroplast Structure 771Rumak Izabela, Gieczewska Katarzyna, Kierdaszuk Borys, Mostowska Agnieszka,Gruszecki Wieslaw Ignacy, and Garstka Maciej

6 Membrane Dynamics During the CT and CS Plants Chilling Revealedby FTIR Spectroscopy 775Gieczewska Katarzyna, Kuta Anna, Gruszecki Wieslaw Ignacy, Rumak Izabela,Garstka Maciej, and Mostowska Agnieszka

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7 Investigating the Organization of Photosystem II in Spinach PhotosyntheticMembranes by Atomic Force Microscopy 779Helmut Kirchhoff, Claudia Biichel, Lifeng Chi, Steven Lenhert, and Jon Nield

8 Possible Requirement of Galactolipids for Embryogenesis 783Koichi Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Ohta

9 A Line-Scanning Multiphoton Fluorescence Spectromicroscope Appliedto the Study of the Thylakoid Membrane in Chloroplasts 787Shigeichi Kumazaki, Makotoh Hasegawa, Takahiko Yoshida, Taro Taniguchi,TaKashi Shiina, and Isamu Ikegami

10 Arrangement of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes Determines Chloroplast Structure... . 791Rumak Izabela, Gieczewska Katarzyna, Koziol-Lipinska Joanna, Kierdaszuk Borys,Mostowska Agnieszka, and Garstka Maciej

11 Difference in SQDG Metabolism Between Green Algae and CyanobacteriaUnder the Sulfur-Starved Condition 795Norihiro Sato, Ryouhei Kamimura, Kouichi Sugimoto, and Mikio Tsuzuki

12 Sulfolipid Requirement for Protein Synthesis Under the Sulfur-StarvedCondition in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 799

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1 Relationship Between Mesophyll Conductance to CO2 Diffusion and Contentsof Aquaporin Localized at Plasma Membrane in Tobacco Plants Grown UnderDrought Conditions 805Shin-Ichi Miyazawa, Satomi Yoshimura, Yuki Shinzaki, Masayoshi Maeshima,and Chikahiro Miyake

2 A Highly Embryogenic Line of the Legume Model Medicago truncatula, M9-10a:Performance Under Water Deficit 809Catia Nunes, Susana Araujo, Jorge Marques da Silva, Pedro Fevereiro,and Anabela Bernardes da Silva

Section Nine CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms

1 Oxalate Decarboxylase is Involved in Turnover of 2-Phosphoglycolatein Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 , 815Marion Eisenhut, Hans C. P. Matthijs, Hermann Bauwe, and Martin Hagemann

2 Arabidopsis Mutants with Strongly Reduced Levels of the T-Protein Subunitof Glycine Decarboxylase 819Nadja Engel, Marion Eisenhut, Nan Qu, and Hermann Bauwe

3 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Has Genes For Both Glycolate Oxidaseand Glycolate Dehydrogenase 823Lauren Chauvin, Baran Tural, and James V. Moroney

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4 Expression of Inducible Inorganic Carbon Acquisition Complexes IsUnder the Control of the FtsH Protease in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 829Pengpe'ng Zhang, Cosmin I. Sicora, Natalia Vorontsova, Yagut Allahverdiyeva,Natalia Battchikova, Peter J. Nixon, and Eva-Mari Aro

Section Ten CAM and C4

1 Study of the Structure-Function Relationship in Maize NADP-Malic Enzyme 837Enrique Detarsio, Clarisa E. Alvarez, Mariana Saigo, Maria F. Drincovich,and Carlos S. Andreo

2 Light Dependences of the CO2 Leakiness, Quantum Yield of CO2 Fixationand Activation State of Key Enzymes in a C4 Plant, Amaranthus cruentus,Grown in High- and Low-Light 841Youshi Tazoe, Yuko Hanba T, Tsuyoshi Furumoto, Ko Noguchi, and Ichiro Terashima

3 An Increase in Expression of Pyruvate Pi Dikinase Correspondsto Cold-Tolerant C4 Photosynthesis of Miscanthus x giganteus 845Dafu Wang, Archie R. Portis Jr., Stephen P. Moose, and Stephen P. Long

Section Eleven The C3 Cycle. Limitation and Regulation

1 Rubisco Activity is Related to Photosystem I in Leaves . 853Hillar Eichelmann, Eero Talts, Velio Oja, Bahtijor Rasulov, Evi Padu, and Agu Laisk

2 The Temperature Response of Photosynthesis and Metabolitesin Anti-rtfccS Tobacco 857David S. Kubien and Rowan F. Sage

3 Does Rubisco Limit the Rate of Photosynthesis? 863Yehouda Marcus, Hagit Altman-Gueta, Ainit Snir, Yael Wolff, and Michael Gurevitz

4 Improvement of Cyanobacterial Rubisco by Introducing the Latch StructureInvolved in High Affinity for CO2 in Red Algal Rubisco 867Nana Ninomiya, Hiroki Ashida, and Akiho Yokota

5 New Insight into the Calvin Cycle Regulation - Glutathionylationof Fructose Bisphosphate Aldolase in Response to Illumination 871Masayoshi Matsumoto and Ken'ichi Ogawa

6 Evolutionary Potential of RubiscorLike Protein in Bacillus subtilis:Interaction with Transition-State Analog of Rubisco 875Yohtaro Saito, Hiroki Ashida, Agnieszka Sekowska, Antoine Danchin,and Akiho Yokota

7 Molecular Properties of Chloroplastic CP12 and Its Role in the Assemblingof a Supramolecular Complex of Calvin Cycle Enzymes , . 881Lucia Marri, Paolo Trost, Leonardo Gonnelli, Paolo Pupillo, and Francesca Sparla

8 Increased Rubisco Content in Transgenic Rice Transformed with "Sense" rbcS Gene. . . 885Yuji Suzuki, Maki Ohkubo, Hanako Hatakeyama, Keiko Ohashi, Ryuichi Yoshizawa, SoichiKojima, Toshihiko Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Yamaya, Tadahiko Mae, and Amane Makino

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1 Sugar Regulation of the Redox State in Chloroplast 891Juan de Dios Barajas-Lopez, Antonio Jesus Serrato, Ana Chueca, and Mariam Sahrawy

2 Effects of Cytosolic FBPase on Photosynthetic Carbon MetabolismUnder High CO2 Conditions 895Masahiro Tamoi, Yoshie Hiramatsu, Shigeki Nedachi, Tomoki Tabuchi, Kumi Otori,and Shigeru Shigeoka

Section Thriteen Interactions Between Electron Transport and Stromal Reactions

1 Redox Effects on Chloroplast Protein Synthesis and Phosphorylation 903Carol A. Allen and John F. Allen

2 Characterization of the Ternary Complex Formed by Ferredoxin:Thioredoxin Reductase, Ferredoxin and Thioredoxin 909Xingfu Xu, Marcellus Ubbink, Peter Schiirmann, Sung-Kun Kim, Masakazu Hirasawa,Jatindra Tripathy, and David B. Knaff

3 Alternative and Cyclic Electron Flow: Rate and Role in Potato Leaves 913Agu Laisk, Velio Oja, and Hillar Eichelmann

4 Properties and Physiological Function of a Super Complex of NDH-1Specifically Oxidized NADPH in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 917Weimin Ma, Teruo Ogawa, Yong Deng, and Hualing Mi

5 Coupled Regulation of Cyclic Electron Flow Around PSI with Photosynthesis- Its Contribution to Non-photochemical Quenching Evidenced with TransplastomicTobacco Plants Over-Expressing Ferredoxin in Chloroplasts 923Chikahiro Miyake

6 Functional Analysis of HCF164, a Thioredoxin-Like Proteinin the Thylakoid Lumen 929Ken Motohahi and Toru Hisabori

7 Structural and Functional Characterization of Leaf-Type Ferredoxin-NADP+-Oxidoreductase Isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana 933Minna Lintala, Yagut Allahverdiyeva, Nina Lehtimaki, Eva-Mari Aro, and Paula Mulo

8 How Does Impairment of PGR5-Dependent Cyclic Electron TransportAround Photosystem I Impact on Photosynthesis and Growthof Arabidopsis thaliana? - 937Yuri Nakajima Munekage, Bernard Genty, and Gilles Peltier

9 Excess Light-Induced Molecular Responses of Chloroplast Rieske FeS Protein 941Satoko Sanda, Yuri Nakajima Munekage, Kazuo Yoshida, Kinya Akashi,and Akiho Yokota

10 Chi a Fluorescence and 820 nm Transmission Changes Occurring Duringa Dark-to-Light Transition in Pine Needles and Pea Leaves: A Comparison 945Gert Schansker, Yuxin Yuan, and Reto J. Strasser x

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11 Overexpression of Ferredoxin in Tobacco Chloroplasts Stimulates CyclicElectron Flow Around Photosystem I (CEF-PSI) and Enhances Non-PhotochemicalQuenching (NPQ) of Chi Fluorescence 951Hiroshi Yamamoto and Chikahiro Miyake

Section Fourteen Metabolic Integration

1 Identification of Genes and Functional Characterization of Proteins Involvedin Polyphosphate Metabolism in Photosynthetic Organisms . 957Tomas Albi-Rodnguez and Aurelio Serrano

2 Structure-Function Relationship Studies of the Four Arabidopsis thalianaNADP-Malic Enzyme Isoforms 965Mariel C. Gerrard Wheeler, Cintia Arias, Veronica G. Maurino, Ulf-Ingo Fliigge,Carlos S. Andreo, and Maria F. Drincovich

3 Malate and Fumarate Emerge as Key Players in Primary Metabolism:Arabidopsis thaliana Overexpressing C4-NADP-ME Offer a Way to Manipulatethe Levels of Malate and to Analyse the Physiological Consequences 971Holger Fahnenstich, Mariana Saigo, Carlos Andreo,Maria F. Drincovich, Ulf-Ingo Fltigge, and Veronica G. Maurino

4 Chloroplast NADPH Thioredoxin Reductase: A Novel Modulatorof Plastidial Amino Acid and Hormone Metabolism 977Eevi Rintamaki, Anna Lepisto, Saijaliisa Kangasjarvi, Briitta Ruokamo,Nina Sipari, and Markku Keinanen

5 Regulation of Photosynthesis via PSI Cyclic Electron Transport 981Toshiharu Shikanai and Yuki Okegawa

6 The Fate of Absorbed Photons is Determined by the Species-Specific andNutrient-Dependent Variability in Algae Grown Under Dynamic Light Conditions 987

, Torsten Jakob, Heiko Wagner, Katja Stehfest, and Christian Wilhelm

Section Fifteen Regulation of Light Harvesting

1 Non-photochemical-quenching Mechanisms in the CyanobacteriumThermosynechococcus elongatus 993Leyla Abasova, Clemence Boulay, Imre Vass, and Diana Kirilovsky

2 Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) Related NPQ in Synechocystis PCC 6803OCP-Phycobilisomes Interactions 997Clemence Boulay, Adjele Wilson, and Diana Kirilovsky

3 Is qE Always the Major Component of Non-photochemical Quenching? 1001N. D'Ambrosio, C. R. Guadagno, and A. Virzo De Santo

4 The Effect of pH on the Nonphotochemical Quenching of ChlorophyllFluorescence of Thylakoid Membranes..; 1005Young-Jae Eu, Sujata R. Mishra, Ismayil S. Zulfugarov, Chin Bum Lee,and Choon-Hwan Lee

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5 Involvement of TSP9 Phosphoprotein in Balancing the PhotosyntheticLight Harvesting Process in Arabidopsis thaliana 1009Rikard Fristedt, Inger Carlberg, Agnieszka Zygadlo, Henrik Vibe Scheller,and Alexander V. Vener

6 Evidence for a Fast, Xanthophyll Cycle Independent NPQ Mechanismin the Diatom C. meneghiniana 1013Irina Grouneva, Torsten Jakob, Christian Wilhelm, and Reimund Goss

7 Dissociation of Light-Harvesting Complex II from Photosystem II DuringState Transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . 1017Masakazu Iwai and Jun Minagawa

8 Drought-Induced Ultra-Fast Fluorescence Quenching in Photosystem II inLichens Revealed by Picosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectrophotometry . . . . 1023Masayuki Komura, Ikuko Iwasaki, and Shigeru Itoh

9 Simulation of Excitation Energy Transfer within the PSI-LHCI/IISupercomplex from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 1027Makio Yokono, Masakazu Iwai, Seiji Akimoto, and Jun Minagawa

10 Dynamics of the Truncated Lutein Epoxide Cycle in Avocado (Persea americana L.);Implications for Efficiency of Light Harvesting 1031Osmond C. B., Forster B., and Pogson B. J.

11 Carotenoid-Induced Non-Photochemical Fluorescence Quenchingin Phycobilisomes of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 1035Marina Rakhimberdieva, Yulia Bolychevtseva, Irina Elanskaya, and Navassard Karapetyan

12 Mechanisms of Photosynthetic Apparatus Acclimation of C4 Plantsto different Irradiances 1039Elzbieta Romanowska, Anna Drozak, Marta Powikrowska, Maksymilian Zienkiewicz,

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13 Analysis of the N-Terminal Domain of Chlorophyllide a Oxygenase by RandomMutagenesis \ ?*.' 1043Yasuhito Sakuraba, Akihiro Yamasato, Ryouichi Tanaka, and Ayumi Tanaka

14 Suppression of CP29 Causes Instability of the PSI-LHCI/II Supercomplexin Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Under State 2 Conditions 1047Ryutaro Tokutsu, Masakazu Iwai, and Jun Minagawa

Section Sixteen Metabolite Transport and Intracellular Interactions

1 Photosynthetic Efficiency During the Cell Cycle of the Green Alga Desmodesmusarmatus Reaches Maxima in Gj Phases and Minima in Gj/S Transients 1053Krystyna Matusiak-Mikulin, Cecylia Tukaj, and Zbigniew Tukaj

2 Multiple Factors Mediate the Cross Talk Between Mitochondrial Metabolismand Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation: Roles of Photorespiratory CO2

and Ascorbate 1057K. Riazunnisa, L. Padmavathi, B. Sunil, and Agepati S. Raghavendra

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3 Localization and Functional Studies of the Arabidopsis Anion Transporter 1 1063Lorena Ruiz Pavon, Arti Mishra, Fredrik Lundh, Bengt L. Persson,and Cornelia Spetea

4 Screening for Solute Transporters in Plant Photosynthetic Membranes 1067Cornelia Spetea, Lorena Ruiz Pavon, Sophie Thuswaldner, Bjorn Lundin,Fredrik Lundh, Bengt L. Persson, Benoit Schoefs, and Iwona Adamska

5 Functional Analysis of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain as a DissipationSystem of Excess Light Energy 1071Keisuke Yoshida, Ichiro Terashima, and Ko Noguchi

Section Seventeen Biogenesis of Photosynthetic Apparatus

1 Analysis of the Effect of Elevated Cytokinin Content on the PhotosyntheticApparatus Using Blue Native PAGE 1077Anne Cortleven and Roland Valcke

2 Chlorophyll a Biosynthesis Under Anaerobic Environmentsin the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 1081Kei Minamizaki, Takeaki Goto, and Yuichi Fujita

3 Functional Analysis of Two PsbP-Like (PPL) Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana 1085Seiko Ishihara, Atsushi Takabayashi, Tsuyoshi Endo, Kentaro Ifuku,and Fumihiko Sato

4 Slrl923 of Synechocystis 6803 Is Related to Chlorophyll a Metabolism 1089Md. Rafiqul Islam, Yasuhiro Kashino, Kazuhiko Satoh, and Hiroyuki Koike

5 Gene Hunting by Complementation of Pooled Chlamydomonas Mutants 1093Xenie Johnson, Richard Kuras, Francis-Andre Wollman, and Olivier Vallon

6 Thioredoxin Interactions of the Chloroplast Lumen of Arabidopsis thaliana. Indicate a Redox Regulation of the Xanthophyll Cycle 1099

Michael Hall, Wolfgang P. Schroder, and Thomas Kieselbach

7 Preliminary Characterization of NADPH: Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase(POR) from the Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus 1103Rei Ikeda, Shinji Masuda, Tohru Tsuchiya, Mamoru Mimuro, Hiroyuki Ohta,and Ken-ichiro Takamiya

8 Biochemical Analysis of Two Catalytic Components of Nitrogenase-Like EnzymesProtochlorophyllide Reductase and Chlorophyllide a Reductase fromRhodobacter capsulatus 1107Jiro Nomata, Masaharu Kitashima, Takuro Ogawa, Kazuhito Inoue, and Yuichi Fujita

9 Isolation and Characterization of Genes Necessary for the Achievementof Rubisco Accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana 1111Taro Ogawa, Kenji Nishimura, Hiroki Ashida, and Akiho Yokota

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10 Excitation Pressure Regulates Variegation in the immutans Mutant

of Arabidopsis thaliana ' . . . . . ' 1115Dominic Rosso,"Diego Saccon, Lori Schillaci, Shelly Wang, Wenze Li,

Steven R. Rodermel, Denis P. Maxwell, and Norman P. A. Huner

11 Importance of the Balance Between Protein Synthesis and Degradation

in Chloroplasts Revealed by the Studies of Arabidopsis Yellow Variegated M u t a n t s . . . . . 1121Eiko Miura, Yusuke Kato, and Wataru Sakamoto

12 The Function of MgDVP in a Chlorophyll d-Containing Organism 1125Martin Schliep, Min Chen, Anthony Larkum, and Rosanne Quinnell

13 Knockout of AtFKBP13 Proves Degeneration of Prolyl Isomerase Activityin the Thylakoid Lumen of Arabidopsis thaliana 1129Alexey Shapiguzov, Bjorn Ingelsson, and Alexander V. Vener

14 Chlorophyll Accumulation, Protochlorophyllide Formation and ProlamellarBody Conversion are Held Back in Wheat Leaves Exposed to High Salt Stress 1133Amal F. Abdelkader, Henrik Aronsson, Katalin Solymosi, Bela Boddi,and Christer Sundqvist

15 Localization of Obg-Hflx and TrmE-Era Super Family Small GTPasesin Various Organelles in Plant Cells 1137I. Nengah Suwastika, Masatsugu Denawa, Akira Hata, Ryosuke L. Ohniwa,Kunio Takeyasu, and Takashi Shiina

16 Thermal Stability of Protein Import into Chloroplasts in Responseto Temperature Stress 1141Siddhartha Dutta, Sasmita Mohanty, and Baishnab C. Tripathy

17 CaS - A Novel Phosphoprotein in Thylakoids of Arabidopsis thaliana 1145Julia Vainonen, Virpi Paakkarinen, and Eva-Mari Aro

18 Identification of a Chloroplast-Localized SAP Domain Containing Proteinin Arabidopsis thaliana 1149Yusuke Yagi, Yoko Ishizaki, and Takashi Shiina

Section Eighteen Origin and Evolution of Photosynthetic Systems

1 Redox Switches and Evolutionary Transitions 1155John F. Allen, Carol A. Allen, and Sujith Puthiyaveetil

2 Ketocarotenoids in Chlorosomes of the Acidobacterium CandidatusChloracidobacterium Thermophilum 1161Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Joel E. Graham, and Donald A. Bryant

3 Conversion of Chi a into Chi d by Heat-Treated Papain 1165Sohjiro Fukuyo, Shunsuke Ohashi, Koji Iwamoto, Yoshihiro Shiraiwa,and Masami Kobayashi

4 Origin and Evolution of Photosynthesis: Clues from Genome Comparison 1169Armen Y. Mulkidjanian, Eugene V. Koonin, Kira S. Makarova,Robert Haselkorn, and Michael Y. Galperin

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5 Succession of Co-factors in Photosystem I 1177Shunsuke Ohashi, Tohru Tsuchiya, Koji Iwamoto, Hideaki Miyashita, Tadashi Watanabe,Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Mamoru Mimuro, and Masami Kobayashi

6 A Bacterial-Type Sensor Kinase Couples Electron Transport to Gene Expressionin Chloroplasts 1181Sujith Puthiyaveetil and John F. Allen

7 Inorganic Complexes Enabled the Onset of Life and Oxygenic Photosynthesis 1187Michael J. Russell, John F. Allen, and E. James Milner-White

8 Evolution of the Light Responsive psbD Promoter in Chloroplast 1193S. Shimmura, M. Nozoe, and T. Shiina

Section Nineteen Organelle Communication

1 GUN1 (GENOMES UNCOUPLEDl) Encodes a Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR)Protein Involved in Plastid Protein Synthesis-Responsive Retrograde Signalingto the Nucleus 1201Amanda J. Cottage, Ellie K. Mott, Jun-Hui Wang, James A. Sullivan, Dan MacLean,Linh Tran, Mun-Kit Choy, Christine Newell, Tony A. Kavanagh, Sue Aspinall,and John C. Gray

2 Visualization of Rubisco-Containing Bodies Derived from Chloroplastsin Living Cells of Arabidopsis 1207Hiroyuki Ishida, Kohki Yoshimoto, Daniel Reisen, Amane Makino,Yoshinori Ohsumi, Maureen R. Hanson, and Tadahiko Mae

3 PPR Proteins Function as a Trans-Factor in Chloroplast RNA Editing 1211Kenji Okuda and Toshiharu Shikanai

4 A Robust Method for Determination of Chlorophyll Intermediatesby Tandem Mass Spectrometry 1215

' Michael Moulin and Alison G. Smith

Section Twenty Photosynthesis A Fundamental Tool for Modern Agriculture and Forestry

1 Genetic Engineering of "C4 Rice": Expression of Maize PEP Carboxykinasein Rice Mesophyll Chloroplast to Raise CO2 Concentration and Photosynthesis 1225Yu-rong Huang, Yujia Wu, Katsura Izui, and Maurice S. B. Ku

2 Developmental Changes in Leaf Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Use Efficiencyin Rice Cultivated in Venezuela: Historical Trends Over the Past 50 Years 1231Alejandro J. Pieters, Shaybeth Irazabal, Eduardo Graterol, Geraldinee Bernal,and Malfy Benitez

3 Harnessing Photosynthesis in Tomorrow's World: Humans, Crop Productionand Poverty Alleviation 1237John E. Sheehy, Anaida B. Ferrer, and P. L. Mitchell

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4 Transgenic Rice Expressing Cyanobacterial Bicarbonate TransporterExhibited Enhanced Photosynthesis, Growth and Grain Yield 1243Shih-May Yang, Chia-Yen Chang, Makoto Yanagisawa, II Park, Tung-Hai Tseng,and Maurice S. B. Ku

5 Application of Photosynthetic Parameters in the Screening of Wheat(Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes for Improved Drought and HighTemperature Tolerance 1247

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Section Twenty One Artificial Photosynthesis

1 Visible Light Induced Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis from Green Plants 1253Yutaka Amao and Ami Ohashi

2 De novo Peptides Modeling the Binding Sites of [4Fe-4S] Clustersin Photosystem I 1257Mikhail L. Antonkine, Christoph Breitenstein, Boris Epel, Eckhard Bill,Wolfgang Gartner, and Wolfgang Lubitz

3 Designing Artificial Photosynthesis: Production of a Light-ActivatedMetalloprotein 1261Brendon Conlan, Warwick Hillier, and Tom Wydrzynski

4 Charge Separation and Charge Compensation in ArtificialPhotosynthetic Complexes 1267Ann Magnuson, Reiner Lomoth, Magnus Falkenstrom, Gerriet Eilers,-Olof Johansson, Magnus Anderlund, Stenbjorn Styring, and Leif Hammarstrom

5 Sensitization of Light-Induced Charge Separation in Photosystem Iby Synthetic Fluorescent Dyes 1273Akimasa Nakamura, Shinji Mizoguchi, Yoshitaka Miyajima, Yuki Kato,and Tadashi Watanabe

6 Improvement of Nitrogenase-Based Photobiological Hydrogen Productionby Cyanobacteria by Gene Engineering - Hydrogenases and Homocitrate Synthase... 1277H. Sakurai, H. Masukawa, Xh Zhang, H. Ikeda, and K. Inoue

7 Oxygen Evolving Reactions by Synthetic Manganese Complexes 1281Stenbjorn Styring, Katrin Beckmann, Gustav Berggren, Hannes Uchtenhagen,Magnus Anderlund, Anders Thapper, Johannes Messinger, and Philipp Kurz

8 Syntheses and Photochemical Properties of Trimanganese ComplexesContaining Naphtyl Moieties 1285Shigenobu Yano, Misaki Nakai, Hiromi Ohi, Takuzo Funabiki, Rika Tanaka,Isamu Kinoshita, and Makoto Obata •

Section Twenty Two Perception of the Environment and Signalling

1 Photoreaction of Cyanobacterial BLUF Protein PixD Studied byLow Temperature Spectroscopy and Site-Directed Mutagenesis 1291Yoshimasa Fukushima, Yoshiya Murai, Koji Okajima, Masahiko Ikeuchi, and Shigeru Itoh

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2 Light Acclimation of Leaf Chlorophyll Content 1295Lea Hallik and Olevi Kull

3 Effect of Action Potential on Photosynthesis and Proton Transportin the Plant Cell 1299Natalia Krupenina and Alexander Bulychev

4 Chloroplastic NADPH Thioredoxin Reductase Mediates Photoperiod-DependentDevelopment of Leaves in Arabidopsis 1303Anna Lepisto, Saijaliisa Kangasjarvi, Eeva-Maria Luomala, Kati Hannikainen,Giinter Brader, and Eevi Rintamaki

5 Characterization of a T-DNA Inserted STN8 Kinase Mutant of Oryza sativa L 1307Krishna Nath, Sujata R. Mishra, Ismayil S. Zulfugarov, Sharif-Ar-Raffi,Chin-Bum Lee, Gynheung An, and Choon-Hwan Lee

6 Role of Elongation Factor G in the Inhibition of the Synthesisof the Dl Protein of Photosystem II Under Oxidative Stress 1313Kouji Kojima, Masaru Oshita, Hidenori Hayashi, and Yoshitaka Nishiyama

7 Ozone Effects on the Metabolism and the Antioxidant Systemof Poplar Leaves at Different Stages of Development 1317Isabel Nogues, Silvano Fares, Elina Oksanen, and Francesco Loreto

8 Functional Analysis of an 8-Oxo-7,8-Dihydro-2'-Deoxyguanosine 5'-TriphosphatePyrophosphohydrolase, AtNUDXl, Involved in Repair of Oxidative DNA Damagein Arabidopsis thaliana 1323Takahisa Ogawa, Kazuya Yoshimura and Shigeru Shigeoka

9 Stress Regulated DnaK Expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 1327Eva Rupprecht, Eva Fuhrmann, and Dirk Schneider

10 KIN10/11 Are Master Regulators of the Convergent Stress Transcriptome 1331Elena Baena-Gonzalez, Filip Rolland, and Jen Sheen

11 Allelopathic Inhibition by Scenedesmus obliquus of Photosynthesisand Growth of Microcystis aeruginosa 1339Xiao-Hui Jia, Ding-Ji Shi, Rui-Juan Kang, Hui-Min Li, Yu Liu, Zhen-Zhen An,Si-Si Wang, Dong-Hui Song, and Gui-Sen Du

12 The Mehler Reaction as an Essential Link Between Environmental Stressand Chloroplast Redox Signaling 1343Irina Strizh

13 Identification of Interacting Factors with a High-Light Responsible SR Protein,at SR45a, Involved in the Regulation of Alternative Splicing in Arabidopsis 1347Noriaki Tanabe, Ayako Kimura, Kazuya Yoshimura, and Shigeru Shigeoka

14 The SigB Sigma Factor of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803Is Necessary for Adaptation to High-Salt Stress 1351Maija Pollari and Taina Tyystjarvi

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15 The Adaptation Mechanism to Copper Deficiency via MicroRNA in Arabidopsis 1355Hiroaki Yamasaki, Salah E. Abdel-Ghany, Christopher M. Cohu,Yoshichika Kobayashi, Marinus Pilon, and Toshiharu Shikanai

16 Applications of Green Mutants Isolated from Purple Bacteria as a Hostfor Colorimetric Whole-Cell Biosensors 1359 -Kazuyuki Yoshida, Daiki Yoshioka, Koichi Inoue, Shinichi Takaichi, and Isamu Maeda

Section Twenty Three Global Climate Change

1 No. Down-Regulation of Photosynthesis in the Offspring of Rice Grown UnderFree-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) 1367Gen-Yun Chen, Zhen-Hua Yong, Yong Han, Gang Liu, Dao-Yun Zhang,Yue Chen, Juan Chen, Jian-Guo Zhu, and Da-Quan Xu

2 Effects of an Extended Drought Period on Grasslands at Various Altitudesin Switzerland: A Field Study ; 1371Constant Signarbieux and Urs Feller

3 CO2 Enrichment Modulates Both Protease and Proteinase Inhibitors in Maize 1375Anneke Prins, Paul Verrier, Karl J. Kunert, and Christine H. Foyer

4 The Effects of Elevated CO2 on Tropical Trees Are Related, to Successional Statusand Soil Nutritional Conditions 1379Carlos Alberto Martinez, Eduardo Dias de Oliveira, Jose Renato Legracie Jr.,and Andressa Approbato

5 Modification of Photosynthesis Temperature Response to Long-Term Growthin Elevated CO2 and Temperature in Wheat Field Crops 1383Aitor Alonso, Pilar Perez, Rosa Morcuende, Angel L. Verdejo,and Rafael Martinez-Carrasco

- 6 FLEX - Fluorescence Explorer: A Remote Sensing Approach to QuantifySpatio-Temporal Variations of Photosynthetic Efficiency from Space 1387Uwe Rascher, Beniamino Gioli, and Franco Miglietta

7 Photoprotective Role of Endolithic Algae Colonized in Coral Skeletonfor the Host Photosynthesis. 1391Seitaro S. Yamazaki, Takashi Nakamura, and Hideo Yamasaki

Section Twenty Four Photosynthetic Mechanisms Under Stress Regulation and Improvement

1 Physiological and Photosynthetic Toxicity of Thallium in Synechocystissp. PCC6803 : 1399Motohide Aoki, Hitoshi Suematsu, Hidetoshi Kumata, and.Kitao Fujiwara

2 Paraheliotropism in Robinia pseudoacacia Plants: An Efficient Meansto Cope with Photoinhibition 1403Carmen Arena, Luca Vitale, and Amalia Virzo De Santo

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3 Functional Study of PS II and PS I Energy Use and Dissipation Mechanismsin Barley Wild Type and Chlorina Mutants Under High Light Conditions 1407Marian Brestic, Marek Zivcak, Katarina Olsovska, and Jana Repkova

4 Response to Ozone of Fagus sylvatica L. Seedlings Under Competition,in an Open-Top Chamber Experiment: A Chlorophyll Fluorescence Analysis 1413Filippo Bussotti, Chiara Cascio, Reto J. Strasser, and Kristopher Novak

5 Variability of Photosynthetic Performances in Tree SeedlingsUnder Ozone and Water Stress 1417Chiara Cascio, Filippo Bussotti, Reto J. Strasser, and Riccardo Marzuoli

6 A Universal Correlation Between Flash-Induced P700 Redox Kineticsand Photoinactivation of Photosystem II in All Leaves? 1421Pasquale Losciale, Riichi Oguchi, Luke Hendrickson, Alexander B. Hope,Luca Corelli-Grappadelli, and Wah Soon Chow

7 Oxygen Evolution and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Under Extreme Desiccationin the Aquatic Bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica 1425Ricardo Duarte Cruz, Cristina Branquinho, and Jorge Marques da Silva

8 Growth and Gas Exchange Response of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) CultivarsGrown Under Salt Stress 1431Alireza Dadkhah and Seyed Hashem Moghtader

9 Effect of Herbicides (Diuron and Oxadiazon) on Photosynthetic EnergyDissipation Processes of Different Species of Cyanobacteria and Two Green Algae . . . . 1435Charles P. Deblois, Baosheng Qiu, and Philippe Juneau

10 Evaluation of Early Vigour and Photosynthesis of Industrial Chicoryin Relation to Temperature 1439S. Devacht, P. Lootens, L. Carlier, J. Baert, J. Van Waes, and E. Van Bockstaele

11 Maize (Zea maize L.) Performance Under Drought: Decreased PhotosyntheticArea vs. Decreased Efficiency of PSII 1445Hamid Reza Ashghizadeh and Parviz Ehsanzadeh

12 Differential Sensitivity of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of a FreshwaterGreen Alga and of Duckweed Exposed to Salinity and Heavy Metal Stress 1451Laszlo Fodorpataki and Laszlo Bartha

13 Magnesium Chemical Rescue to Cobalt-Poisoned Cells fromRhodobacter sphaeroides 1455Livia Giotta, Francesca Italiano, Alessandro Buccolieri, Angela Agostiano,Francesco Milano, and Massimo Trotta

14 Water Stress Induced Thermotolerance of Photosynthesis in Twp BeanVarieties (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) 1459Javiera Gonzalez-Cruz and Claudio Pastenes

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15 Effect of Water Deficit on Rubisco and Carbonic Anhydrase Activitiesin Different Wheat Genotypes 1465Novruz Guliyev, Shahniyar Bayramov, and Hasan Babayev

16 Response of Ferritin Over-Expressing Tobacco Plants to Oxidative Stress 1469Eva Hideg, Katalin Torok, Iva Snyrychova, Gyorgyi Sandor,Erno Szegedi, and Gabor V. Horvath

17 Identification of the Degradation Products Involved in BacteriopheophytinPhotodamage of the Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rb. sphaeroidesby Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry 1473Harvey J. M. Hou

18 Effect of Cobalt Ions on the Soluble Proteome of a Rhodobacter sphaeroidesCarotenoidless Mutant 1479Francesca Italiano, Francesco Pisani, Francesca De Leo, Luigi R. Ceci, Raffaele Gallerani,Lello Zolla, Sara Rinalducci, Livia Giotta, Francesco Milano, Angela Agostiano,and Massimo Trotta

19 Effect of Light Intensity on Energy Dissipation Processes in Photosynthesisthe Diatom Cyclotella sp 1485Gabrielle Vernouillet, Charles P. Deblois, Annie Chalifour, and Philippe Juneau

20 Differential Radiation Sensitivities of Arabidopsis Plants at VariousDevelopmental Stages 1491Jin-Hong Kim, Yu Ran Moon, Seung Gon Wi, Jae-Sung Kim, Min Hee Lee,and Byung Yeoup Chung

21 Photosynthetic Responses of Japanese Lily to Fluctuated Light Conditionon the Understory of a Temperate Deciduous Forest in Early Spring 1497Masaru Kono, Akihiro Dedachi, and Yoshihiro Suzuk

22 'Effect of Trifluoroacetate, a Persistent Degradation Product of FluorinatedHydrocarbons, on C3 and C4 Crop Plants 1501M. F. Smit, G. H. J. Kriiger, P. D. R. van Heerden, J. J. Pienaar, L. Weissflog,and R. J. Strasser

23 Plastoquinol as a Singlet Oxygen Scavenger in Photosystem II 1505Jerzy Kruk, Jolanta Gruszka, and Achim Trebst

24 Time Course of the Appearance of Cd Effects on PhotosyntheticallyCompetent Poplar Leaves 1511Peter Szegi, Brigitta Basa, Adam Solti, Laszlo Gaspar, Laszlo Levai, Ferenc Lang,Laszlo Tamas, Ilona Meszaros, and Eva Sarvari

25 Leaf Senescence in a Stay-Green Rice Variety, SNU-SG1, and a Mutant, sgr 1515Min-Hyuk Oh, Tae-Shik Park, Woon-Ho Yang, Kang-Su Kwak, Jin-Chul Shin,Rana B. Safarova, Young-Jae Eu, Nam-Chon Paek, Choon-Hwan Leeb,and Kyung-Jin Choi

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26 Evaluation of Acid Stress Tolerance in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 MutantsLacking Signal Transduction-Related Genes sigB, sigD, and rrel5 1519Hisataka Ohta, Yousuke Shibata, Youhei Haseyama, Yuka Yoshino, Takehiro Suzuki,Atsushi Moriyama, Isao Enami, and Masahiko Ikeuchi

27 Proteomic Analysis of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Leaves as Affectedby High Temperature Treatment 1523Datko M., Zivcak M, and Brestic M.

28 Does Elevated CO2 Mitigate the Salt Effect on Photosynthesis in Barley Cultivars? . .. 1529Usue Perez-Lopez, Anabel Robredo, Maite Lacuesta, Amaia Mena-Petite,and Alberto Munoz-Rueda

29 Alteration of Energy Dissipation by Dichromate in Xanthophyll DeficientMutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 1535Perreault Francois, Ait Ali Nadia, Saison Cyril, Juneau Philippe, and Popovic Radovan >

30 Remote Monitoring of Photosynthetic Efficiency Using Laser InducedFluorescence Transient (LIFT) Technique 1539Roland Pieruschka, Denis Klimov, Uwe Rascher, Zbigniew S. Kolber,and Joseph A. Berry

31 Role of Plastoquinone Redox State in Plants Response Under High Temperature 1545Natallia Pshybytko, Jerzy Kruk, Liudmila Kabashnikova, and Kazimierz Strzalka

32 Investigation of Non-Photochemical Processes in Photosynthetic Bacteriaand Higher Plants Using Interference of Coherent Radiation - A Novel Approach . . . . 1549Karel Rohacek, Miroslav Kloz, David Bina, Frantisek Batysta, and Frantisek Vacha

33 First Application of Terephthalate as a Fluorescent Probefor Hydroxyl Radicals in Thylakoid Membranes 1553Iva Snyrychova and Eva Hideg

34' The Role of Light and Photosynthesis During PathogenDefence in Tobacco Leaves 1555Hardy Schon, Judith Scharte, Jutta Essmann, Ina Schmitz-Thom, and Engelbert Weis

35 Effect of NaCl and Exogenously Supplied ABA on Xanthophyll Cycle Pigmentsand Energy Dissipation in Rice Plants Under High Light Stress 1561Prabhat Kumar Sharma and Janet Vaz

36 Survival Strategies Cannot Be Devised, They Do Exist Already:A Case Study on Lichens 1567Vineet Soni and Reto J. Strasser

37 Quantitative Analysis of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Induction Kineticsof the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 1573Hiroshi Ozaki and Kintake Sonoike

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38 The Synthesis of Thylakoid Membrane Proteins in Wheat PlantsUnder Salt Stress ! 1577Saftar Suleymanov and Irada Huseynova

39 Plastochromanol, a'New' Lipophilic Antioxidant Is Synthesized by TocopherolCyclase in Arabidopsis Leaves: The Effect of High-Light Stress on the Levelof Prenyllipid Antioxidants 1581Renata Szymanska and Jerzy Kruk

40 Photosynthetic Response to Environmental Stress in Prochlorococcus 1585Claire S. Ting, Elizabeth Hambleton, and Jennifer McKenna

41 Photoinhibitory Efficiency of Saturating Laser Pulses Depends on Pulse Energy 1589Esa Tyystjarvi, Marja Hakala, and Taina Tyystjarvi

42 Changes in O-J-I-P Fluorescence Rise Kinetics During DarkChilling Provide Insight Into Genotype-Specific Effects on Photosynthesisand N2 Fixation in Soybean 1593Abram J. Strauss, Philippus D. R. van Heerden, Misha de Beer, Gert H. J. Kriiger,and Reto J. Strasser

43 Effects of Hypergravity on the Chlorophyll Content and Growth of Rootand Shoot During Development in Rice Plants 1599Pandit Vidyasagar, Sagar Jagtap, Amit Nirhali, Santosh Bhaskaran, and Vishakha Hase

44 Effects of Nitrogen and/or Sulphur Deprivation on the Regulationof Photosynthesis in Barley Seedlings 1603Luca Vitale, Simona Carfagna, Sergio Esposito, and Carmen Arena

45 Light Induced Energy Dissipation in Iron-Starved Cyanobacteria 1607

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Section Twenty Five Photosynthesis Education

1 Why Do We Need to Teach the Evolution of Photosynthesis? . 1613Robert E. Blankenship and Arlene L. M. Haffa

2 Teaching Photosynthesis: Some Thoughts 1619Govindjee

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