Main description:

Extensively revised, the fourth edition of this highly successful book takes into account the many newly determined protein structures that provide molecular insight into chemiosmotic energy transduction, as well as reviewing the explosive advances in 'mitochondrial physiology'-the role of the mitochondria in the life and death of the cell.

Covering mitochondria, bacteria and chloroplasts, the fourth edition of Bioenergetics provides a clear and comprehensive account of the chemiosmotic theory and its many applications. The figures have been carefully designed to be memorable and to convey the key functional and mechanistic information. Written for students and researchers alike, Bioenergetics is the most well-known, current and respected text on chemiosmotic theory and membrane bioenergetics available.

Contents:

PREFACE
GLOSSARY
1. CHEMIOSMOTIC ENERGY TRANSDUCTION
2. ION TRANSPORT ACROSS ENERGY-CONSERVING MEMBRANES
3. QUANTITATIVE BIOENERGETICS: THE MEASUREMENT OF DRIVING FORCES
4. THE CHEMIOSMOTIC PROTON CIRCUIT IN ISOLATED ORGANELLES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
5. RESPIRATORY CHAINS
6. PHOTOSYNTHETIC GENERATORS OF PROTONMOTIVE FORCE
7. THE ATP SYNTHASE
8. METABOLITE AND ION TRANSPORT
9. MITOCHONDRIAL BIOENERGETICS IN THE CELL
10. MITOCHONDRIAL CELL BIOLOGY
11. SIGNALS BETWEEN THE MITOCHONDRION AND THE CELL
12. MITOCHONDRIA IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
REFERENCES
INDEX