Metabolism, Structure and Function of Plant Tetrapyrroles: Introduction, Microbial and Eukaryotic Chlorophyll Synthesis and Catabolism

Metabolism, Structure and Function of Plant Tetrapyrroles, Volume 90, the latest release in the Advances in Botanical Research series is a compilation of the current state-of-the-art on the topic. Chapters in this new release cover Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Centers of Higher Plants: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions, Molecular Mechanism of Antenna Regulation, Applications, Chlorophyll c: Synthesis, Occurrence, Light-Harvesting, Absorbance, Excitation Properties, Pigment Organization in Chlorophyll-Binding Proteins (FCP), Chlorophyll d and f: Synthesis, Occurrence, Light-harvesting, Absorbance, Excitation Properties, Pigment Organization in Chlorophyll-Binding Protein Complexes, Analysis of Chlorophyll, Precursors and Derivatives by New High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, and much more.

Presents the latest release in the Advances in Botanical Research seriesProvides an Ideal resource for post-graduates and researchers in the plant sciences, including botany, plant biochemistry, plant pathology and plant physiologyContains contributions from internationally recognized authorities in their respective fields

1. Tetrapyrrole pigments of photosynthetic antennae and reaction centers of higher plants: Structures, biophysics, functions, biochemistry, mechanisms of regulation, applications Leszek Fiedor, Mateusz Zbyradowski and Mariusz Pilch 2. Biosynthesis of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls in green bacteria Jennifer L. Thweatt, Daniel P. Canniffe and Donald A. Bryant 3. Chlorophylls c - Occurrence, synthesis, properties, photosynthetic and evolutionary significance Beata Myśliwa-Kurdziel, Dariusz Latowski and Kazimierz Strzałka 4. Chlorophylls d and f: Synthesis, occurrence, light-harvesting, and pigment organization in chlorophyll-binding protein complexes Min Chen 5. The Mg branch chlorophyll synthesis: Biosynthesis of chlorophyll a from protoporphyrin IX Robert D. Willows 6. The biochemistry, physiology, and evolution of the chlorophyll cycle Ayumi Tanaka and Ryouichi Tanaka 7. Chlorophyll breakdown - Regulation, biochemistry and phyllobilins as its products Stefan Hörtensteiner, Mareike Hauenstein and Bernhard Kräutler 8. Evolution of tetrapyrrole pathway in eukaryotic phototrophs Jaromír Cihlář, Zoltán Füssy and Miroslav Oborník