Characterisation and functional analysis of a lumenal proline isomerase from photosynthetic membranes of higher plants and cyanobacteria [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Giusy Canino

Characterisation and functional analysis of a lumenal proline isomerase from photosynthetic membranes of higher plants and cyanobacteria Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vorgelegt von Giusy Canino aus Lonigo, Italien 2006 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Reinhold G. Herrmann 2. Gutachter: PD Dr. Anna Sokolenko Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 31.03.2006 Content I 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Oxygenic photosynthesis 1 1.2 Primary, secondary and tertiary endosymbiosis 1 1.2.1 Chloroplast in algae and higher plants 3 1.2.2 Synechocystis as a model of eukaryotic photosynthetic process 4 1.3 Photosynthetic reaction centres in higher plants and in Synechocystis 5 1.3.1 Photosystem II 6 1.3.1.1 D1 protein 7 1.3.1.2 D2 7 1.3.1.3 CP47 protein 8 1.3.1.4 CP43 8 1.3.1.5 Cytochrome bprotein 9 559 1.3.1.6 The 33 kDa and other extrinsic proteins of PSII 9 1.3.1.7 Low molecular mass proteins 10 1.3.1.8 Crystal structure of PSII 11 1.3.2 Photosystem I 11 1.3.3 Light harvesting antenna of higher plants and Synechocystis 12 1.4 Short-term and long-term adaptation of thylakoid membranes 14 1.4.1 Short-term adaptation 15 1.4.2 Long-term 17 1.5 Phosphorylation pathways in plants and cyanobacteria 19 1.5.1 Phosphorylation in higher plant thylakoid membranes 20 1.5.