Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms

I. General Chapters: Sulfate Activation and Reduction, Biosynthesis of Sulfur Containing Amino Acids

1. Introduction to Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms
Christiane Dahl, Rüdiger Hell, Thomas Leustek, David Knaff

2. Uptake, Distribution and Subcellular Transport of Sulfate
Malcolm J. Hawkesford

3. Phylogenetic Analysis of Sulfate Assimilation and Cysteine Biosynthesis in Phototrophic Organisms
Stanislav Kopriva, Nicola J. Patron, Patrick Keeling, Thomas Leustek

4. Metabolism of Cysteine in Plants and Phototrophic Bacteria
Rüdiger Hell, Markus Wirtz

5. Metabolism of Methionine in Plants and Phototrophic Bacteria
Holger Hesse, Rainer Hoefgen

6. Sulfotransferases from Plants, Algae and Phototrophic Bacteria
Cinta Hernàndez-Sebastiá, Luc Varin, Frédéric Marsolais

7. Cysteine Desulfurase-Mediated Sulfur Donation Pathways in Plants and Phototrophic Bacteria
Lolla Padmavathi, Hong Ye, Elizabeth A. H. Pilon-Smits, Marinus Pilon

II. Sulfur in Plants and Algae

8. Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics for Identification of Regulatory Networks of Plant Sulfate Uptake and Assimilatory Metabolism
Hideki Takahashi, Kazuki Saito

9. Biosynthesis, Compartmentation and Cellular Functions of Glutathione in Plant Cells
Andreas J. Meyer, Thomas Rausch

10. Sulfolipid Biosynthesis and Function in Plants
Christoph Benning, R. Michael Garavito, Mie Shimojima

11. Sulfur-Containing Secondary Metabolites and Their Role in Plant Defense
Meike Burow, Ute Wittstock, Jonathan Gershenzon

12. Sulfite Oxidation in Plants
Robert Hänsch, Ralf R. Mendel

13. The State of Sulfur Metabolism in Algae: From Ecology to Genomics
Nakako Shibagaki, Arthur Grossman

III. Sulfur in Phototrophic Prokaryotes

14. Systematics of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
Johannes F. Imhoff

15. Inorganic Sulfur Compounds as Electron Donors in Purple Sulfur Bacteria
Christiane Dahl

16. Sulfide Oxidation from Cyanobacteria to Humans: Sulfide–Quinone Oxidoreductase (SQR)
Yosepha Shahak, Günter Hauska

17. Genomic Insights into the Sulfur Metabolism of Phototrophic Green Sulfur Bacteria
Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Donald A. Bryant

18. Genetic and Proteomic Studies of Sulfur Oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum)
Leong-Keat Chan, Rachael Morgan-Kiss, Thomas E. Hanson

IV. Ecology and Biotechnology

19. Ecology of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria
Jörg Overmann

20. Role of Sulfur for Algae: Acquisition, Metabolism, Ecology and Evolution
Mario Giordano, Alessandra Norici, Simona Ratti, John A. Raven

21. Role of Sulfur for Plant Production in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems
Fang-jie Zhao, Michael Tausz, Luit J. Kok

22. Using Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria for the Removal of Sulfide from Wastewater
Timothy J. Hurse, Ulrike Kappler, Jürg Keller

5. Specific Methods

23. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy as Tool for the Detection and Identification of Sulfur Compounds in Phototrophic Organisms
Alexander Prange, Josef Hormes, Hartwig Modrow

24. Imaging Thiol-Based Redox Processes in Live Cells
Andreas J. Meyer, Mark D. Fricker

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000