Hunter, C. N. et al. ed.
The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria
Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series

Springer Netherlands 2008.10
1014 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4020-8814-0
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　56,000円

Contents
1.Physiology, Evolution and Ecology/ 2.Biosynthesis of Pigments, Cofactors and Lipids/ 3.Antenna Complexes: Structure, Function and Organization/ 4.Reaction Centre Structure and Function/ 5.Cyclic Electron Transfer Components and Energy Coupling Reactions/ 6.Metabolic Processes/ 7.Genomics, Regulation and Signalling/ 8.New Applications and Techniques/ Index/

* The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria is a comprehensive survey of all aspects of these fascinating bacteria, the metabolically most versatile organisms on Earth. This book is a compilation of 48 authoritative chapters, written by leading experts who highlight the huge progress made in spectroscopic, structural and genetic studies of these bacteria since 1995, when the last book on this topic was published i.e.Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, Volume 2 in the Series, edited by Robert E. Blankenship, Michael T. Madigan and Carl E. Bauer. *

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Sandelius, A. S. & Aronsson, H. ed.
The Chloroplast
Interactions with the Environment

Springer-Verlag 2009.1
300 pp.(H)
ISBN 3-540-68692-4
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　23,000円

Contents
1.Diversity and Evolution of Plastids and Their Genomes/ 2.The Chloroplast Envelope Proteome and Lipidome/ 3.The Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus, Its Components, and Their Roles/ 4.Chloroplast Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis and Transport/ 5.The Role of Metabolite Transporters in Integrating Chloroplasts with the Metabolic Network of Plant Cells/ 6.Retrograde Signalling/ 7.Plastid Division Regulation and Interactions with the Environment/ 8.Chloroplast Photorelocation Movement/ 9.A Sentinel Role for Plastids/ Index/

* Chloroplasts are vital for life as we know it. At the leaf cell level, it is common knowledge that a chloroplast interacts with its surroundings − but this knowledge is often limited to the benefits of oxygenic photosynthesis and that chloroplasts provide reduced carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. This book presents the intricate interplay between chloroplasts and their immediate and more distant environments.

* The topic is explored in chapters covering aspects of evolution, the chloroplast/cytoplasm barrier, transport, division, motility and bidirectional signalling. Taken together, the contributed chapters provide an exciting insight into the complexity of how chloroplast functions are related to cellular and plant-level functions. The recent rapid advances in the presented research areas, largely made possible by the development of molecular techniques and genetic screens of an increasing number of plant model systems, make this interaction a topical issue. *

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Pyke, K.
Plastid Biology

Cambridge University Press 2009.5
212 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-521-88501-9
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　11,700円

Contents
1. What are plastids and where did they come from?/ 2. Different types of plastids and their structure/ 3. The plastid genome: structure, transcription and translation/ 4. Photosynthesis/ 5. Plastid import/ 6. The development of the chloroplast/ 7. Plastid metabolism/ 8. Plastids and cellular function/ 9. Plastid transformation and biotechnology/ Further reading and resources/ Index/ *

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Fromme, P. ed.
Photosynthetic Protein Complexes
A Structural Approach

Wiley-VCH 2008.10
386 pp.(H)
ISBN 3-527-31730-9
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　26,600円

Contents
1.Overview on Photosynthesis/ 2.Structure and Function of Cyanobacterial Photosystem I/ 3.A Glimpse into the Atomic Structure of Plant Photosystem I/ 4.Structure and Function of Photosystem II/ 5.Current Models and Mechanism of Water Splitting/ 6.Supercomplexes of Photosystem I and II with External Antenna Complexes in Cyanobacteria and Plants/ 7.Structure, Spectroscopy, and Function of the Cytochrome b6f Complex: Heme cn and n-side Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions/ 8.Plastocyanin and Cytochrome c6: the Soluble Electron Carriers between the Cytochrome b6f Complex and Photosystem I/ 9.The Structure of the H+-ATP-Synthase from Chloroplasts/ 10.Structure of the Light Harvesting Complex II/ 11.Structure of the Phycobilisome Antennae in Cyanobacteria and Red Algae/ 12.Reaction Centers from Purple Bacteria/ 13.Anoxygenic type I Photosystems and Evolution of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers/ 14.The structure of Purple Bacterial Antenna Complexes/ 15.Ferrodoxin in Photosynthesis/ Index/

* Perfectly timed, this handbook covers many important aspects of the topic that have only recently been understood -- making this a truly comprehensive work. With its extensive use of color, it surveys the most important proteins involved in photosynthesis, discussing the structural information we have at our disposal. Most chapters are dedicated to one protein, while a few also summarize general associated concepts. *

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Madigan, M. T. et al.
Brock Biology of Microorganisms 12 th ed.

Prentice Hall 2008.2
1168 pp. (H)
ISBN 0-13-232460-1
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　22,000円

Contents
1.Principles of Microbiology/ 2.Molecular Biology of Microorganisms/ 3.Microbial Diversity/ 4.Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology/ 5.Putting Microorganisms to Work/ 6.Antimicrobial Agents and Pathogenicity/ 7.Immunology/ 8.Diagnosing and Tracking Infectious Diseases/ 9.Microbial Diseases/ Index/

* The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and outstanding illustrations and photos. This book for biology, microbiology, and other science majors balances the most current science coverage with the concepts essential for understanding the field of microbiology.�Now reorganized for greater flexibility and updated with findings from new research, the Twelfth Edition speaks to today’s students while maintaining the depth and precision science majors need. *

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Ioannides, C. ed.
Cytochromes P450
Role in the Metabolism and Toxicity of Drugs and other Xenobiotics

Royal Society of Chemistry 2008.7
540 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-85404-274-1
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　25,000円

Contents
* During half a century, cytochrome P450 in its original uniqueness as an optically "wrong" cytochrome has attracted many investigators, who have contributed to the unveiling of a bewildering multiplicity of biologically important functions of the, by now very large, superfamily of cytochrome P 450 enzymes. With its discovery in 1958 and with the advent of more refined spectroscopic methodologies, through the double wavelength spectrophotometry, the mysterious enzyme system began to reveal its secrets in a swift stream of investigative successes.

* The enzyme system, cytochromes P450, comprises a number of families/subfamilies, and the focus of the book is to deal with each individually, furnishing information directly relevant to scientists involved in the development of chemicals, in particular in the evaluation of their safety. The book has contributions from internationally respected scientists who are research-active in the relevant areas. The authors have made extensive use of figures and tables so that the reader can access the necessary information without always having to read the text. In addition, a very extensive, user-friendly index is a unique hallmark of the book.

* Part A of this monograph introduces the reader to the current knowledge of the evolutionary development of cytochrome P450 structure and function. Furthermore, it deals with the role of this enzyme in the formation of reactive intermediates. The shrewd and extensive utilisation of the molecular biology methodology very rapidly led to a vast body of enzymes calling for a classification of the plethora of different cytochromes P450 (the superfamily) into families and subfamilies. This is aptly exemplified by the ten chapters in Part B of this book, dealing with ten subfamilies and two families of cytochrome P450. Part C offers an insight into another aspect of cytochrome P450 research, namely its regulation through receptor-mediated stimuli - as opposed to enzyme induction or inhibition. The final chapter translates the current data on one of several drug metabolising systems into clinical application and highlights the role of cytochromes P450 in the treatment of neoplastic growth. *
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