Biological Electron Transfer Chains : Genetics, Composition and Mode of Operation - Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Tomar, Portugal, May 3-7, 1997

Composed of the proceedings of a workshop held in Portugal in 1997, this text considers three main themes: electron transfer, bacterial redox chains, and the structure and function of bacterial redox proteins. The final chapters deal with oxido-reductases and the cytochrome oxidase family.

Preface. 1: Biological Electron Transfer. Respiratory Electron Transfer Chains; P.L. Dutton, et al. Protein-Mediated Electron Transfer: Pathways, Orbital Interactions, and Contact-Maps. Structure-Function Relations for Protein Electron Transfer; D.N. Beratan, S.S. Skourtis. Coupling of Electron Transfer and Protein Dynamics; A.I. Kotelnikov, et al. Recent Surprises in the Study of Photoinduced Electron Transfer: Covalent versus Non-Covalent Pathways; J.W. Verhoeven, et al. Mechanisms and Control of Electron Transfer Processes in Proteins; O. Farver, I. Pecht. 2: Redox Chains: Composition and Control. The Paracoccus denitrificans Electron Transport System: Aspects of Organisation, Structures and Biogenesis; S.J. Ferguson. Genetics and Regulation of C1 Metabolism in Methylotrophs; M.E. Lidstrom, et al. Hierarchical Control of Electron-Transfer; H.V. Westerhoff, et al. On the Mechanism of Nitrite Reductase: Complex between Pseudoazurin and Nitrite Reductase from A. Cycloclastes; M.E.P. Murphy, et al. Structural Research on the Methylamine Dehydrogenase Redox Chain of Paracoccus denitrificans; F.S. Matthews, et al. 3: Oxido-Reductases: Structure and Function. Microbial Amine Oxidoreductases. Their Diversity, Role, Structure and Mechanism; J.A. Duine, A. Hacisalihoglu. Flavocytochromes: Nature''s Electrical Transformers; S.K. Chapman, et al. The Chemistry of Biological Denitrification. Spectroscopic Studies Provide Insights into the Mechanism of Dissimilatory Heme cd1 and Copper-Containing Nitride Reductases; B.A. Averill, et al. Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase from Sulfospirillum deleyianum and Wolinella succinogenes. Molecular and Spectroscopic Properties of the MultihaemEnzyme; O. Einsle, et al. Molecular Basis for Energy Transduction: Mechanisms of Cooperativity in Multihaem Cytochromes; R.O. Louro, et al. The Solution Structure of Redox Proteins and Beyond; L. Bianci, et al. 4: The Cytochrome c Oxidase Family. Exploring the Proton Channels of Cytochrome Oxidase; R.B. Gennis. Control of Electron Transfer to the Binuclear Center in Cu-Heme Oxidases; M. Brunori, et al. Chimeric Quinol Oxidases Expressed in Paracoccus denitrificans; C. Winterstein, et al. Superfamily of Cytochrome Oxidases; M. Saraste, et al. The Electron Transfer Centers of Nitric Oxide Reductase: Homology with the Heme-Copper Oxidase Family; A. Kannt, et al.