SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
Antenna Systems
- Session Chair: G. Schmidt
- R. Cogdell "Crystal structure of bacterial LH2"
- H. Paulsen "Properties of reconstituted recombinant LHCII"
- Discussion: G. Schmidt
MONDAY AUGUST 5
Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions in Genetically Modified Bacterial Reaction Centers
- Session Chair: M. Okamura
- C. Kirmaier "Mutational alterations of the L-side electron transfer pathway"
- J. Williams "Bchl H-bonds: redox potentials and electron transfer rates"
- D. Hanson "Molecular-genetic analysis of H+ transfer to QB-"
- Discussion: M. Gunner & M. Okamura
Photosystem I: Electron Transfer and Mutagenesis
- Session Chair: J. Biggins
- A. Webber "Mutational analysis of putative ligands to P700"
- J. Golbeck "Cys->ser substitutions affect the function of Fe/S center Fx"
- R. Malkin "PsaC mutants that affect assembly of center FB"
- Discussion: D. Bryant & J. Biggins
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6
Photosystem II: Components, Assembly, and Photoinhibition
- Session Chair: B. Barry
- L.-E. Andreasson "Stoichiometry and function of Ca2+ and Cl- in PSII"
- R. Burnap "Photoactivation of the O2-evolving complex in vivo"
- M. Miyao-Tokutomi "Products of singlet oxygen catalyzed cleavage of PSII reaction center polypeptides"
- Discussion: T. Bricker & B. Barry
Session Topic-"Photosystem II: Electron transfer & O2 Evolution"
- Introduction - Session Chair: Gary Brudvig
- R.D. Britt "Spectroscopic characterization of events in electron transfer from Mn to YZ+ "
- J. Messinger "Mass spectroscopic studies of H2O exchange with the S states: consequences for models of O2 evolution"
- Discussion: R. Debus & G. Brudvig
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
Gene Regulation
- Session Chair: S. Golden
- S. Merchant "Metal regulation of expression of genes encoding metalloenzymes"
- A. Grossman "Light regulated expression of phycobiliproteins"
- J. Hirschberg "Genetic analyses of carotenoid biogenesis"
- Discussion: F.-A. Wollman & S. Golden
Cytochromes and Cytochrome Complexes
- Session Chair: W.A. Cramer
- C.-A. Yu "Progress towards a crystal structure of the b-c1 complex"
- J. Whitmarsh "Structure and function of cytochrome b559: a progress report"
- Discussion: W.A. Cramer
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
Photosynthetic ATP Synthases
- Session Chair: R.E. McCarty
- M. Richter "Reconstitution of CF1 using recombinant subunits"
- H. Strotmann "The cyanobacterial ATP Synthase"
- D. Ort "Arabidopsis ATP synthase mutations affecting enzyme reduction and activation"
- Discussion: Z. Gromet-Elhanan & R.E. McCarty
Special Session - Retrospective
- A.T. Jagendorf "Discovery of chemiosmotic energy coupling in chloroplasts"
Highlights from the Poster Sessions
- Session Chair: T. Owens
- Four speakers selected from among the junior scientists at the conference will present brief talks on their research.
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