1. Bio-inspired energy security for planet Earth

   • Thomas A. Moore

   Editorial 01 December 2005 Pages: 927 - 927

2. Guest Editorial

   • Jon Nield
   • Peter Nixon

   Editorial 01 December 2005 Pages: 928 - 929

3. Introduction to the Special Issue dedicated to James Barber

   • Bertil Andersson

   Editorial 01 December 2005 Pages: 930 - 931

4. Forthcoming launch of new supplement Chemical Biology

   • Kathryn Sear
   • Caroline Evans
   • Sarah Ruthven

   Editorial 01 December 2005 Pages: 932 - 932

5. Tunneling in PSII

   • Christopher C. Moser
   • Christopher C. Page
   • P. Leslie Dutton

   Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 933 - 939

6. The mechanism of photosynthetic water splitting

   • James P. McEvoy
   • Jose A. Gascon
   • Gary W. Brudvig

   Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 940 - 949

7. Too much light? How β-carotene protects the photosystem II reaction centre

   • Alison Telfer

   Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 950 - 956

8. Photosynthesis: a blueprint for solar energy capture and biohydrogen production technologies

   • Olaf Kruse
   • Jens Rupprecht
   • Ben Hankamer

   Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 957 - 970

9. New vectors and marker excision systems mark progress in engineering the plastid genome of higher plants

   • Pal Maliga

   Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 971 - 976

10. Inactivation of photosynthetic electron flow during desiccation of desert biological sand crusts and Microcoleus sp.-enriched isolates

    • Itzhak Ohad
    • Reinat Nevo
    • Aaron Kaplan

    Perspective 01 December 2005 Pages: 977 - 982

11. Quality control of Photosystem II: an FtsH protease plays an essential role in the turnover of the reaction center D1 protein in Synechocystis PCC 6803 under heat stress as well as light stress conditions

    • Takashi Kamata
    • Hideki Hiramoto
    • Yasusi Yamamoto

    Communication 01 December 2005 Pages: 983 - 990

12. Mutagenesis of CP43-arginine-357 to serine reveals new evidence for (bi)carbonate functioning in the water oxidizing complex of Photosystem II

    • Gennady Ananyev
    • Tuan Nguyen
    • G. Charles Dismukes

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 991 - 998

13. Conformational changes and their role in non-radiative energy dissipation in photosystem II reaction centres

    • Radek Litvín
    • David Bína
    • František Vácha

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 999 - 1002

14. Structure and evolution of the extrinsic proteins that stabilize the oxygen-evolving engine

    • Javier De Las Rivas
    • Angel Roman

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1003 - 1010

15. Solving the structure of plant photosystem I—biochemistry is vital

    • Alexey Amunts
    • Adam Ben-Shem
    • Nathan Nelson

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1011 - 1015

16. Excitation energy transfer from phycobiliprotein to chlorophyll d in intact cells of Acaryochloris marina studied by time- and wavelength-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

    • Zdeněk Petrášek
    • Franz-Josef Schmitt
    • Hann-Jörg Eckert

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1016 - 1022

17. The assembly and organisation of photosynthetic membranes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    • C. Neil Hunter
    • Jamey D. Tucker
    • Robert A. Niederman

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1023 - 1027

18. Isolation and characterization of a xanthophyll-rich fraction from the thylakoid membrane of Dunaliella salina (green algae)

    • Kittisak Yokthongwattana
    • Tatyana Savchenko
    • Anastasios Melis

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1028 - 1034

19. The mechanism for dioxygen formation in PSII studied by quantum chemical methods

    • Per E. M. Siegbahn
    • Marcus Lundberg

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1035 - 1043

20. A role of the C-terminal extension of the photosystem II D1 protein in sensitivity of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 to photoinhibition

    • Stanislava Kuviková
    • Martin Tichý
    • Josef Komenda

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1044 - 1048

21. The role of D1-Ala344 in charge stabilization and recombination in Photosystem II

    • Krisztián Cser
    • Bruce A. Diner
    • Imre Vass

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1049 - 1054

22. Kinetic characterisation of the light-driven protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

    • Michael J. McFarlane
    • C. Neil Hunter
    • Derren J. Heyes

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1055 - 1059

23. The nature of the photosystem II reaction centre in the chlorophyll d-containing prokaryote, Acaryochloris marina

    • Min Chen
    • Alison Telfer
    • Robert E. Blankenship

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1060 - 1064

24. Degradation of the main Photosystem II light-harvesting complex

    • Maribel García-Lorenzo
    • Agnieszka Żelisko
    • Christiane Funk

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1065 - 1071

25. Functional flexibility and acclimation of the thylakoid membrane

    • Eira Kanervo
    • Marjaana Suorsa
    • Eva-Mari Aro

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1072 - 1080

26. Granal stacking of thylakoid membranes in higher plant chloroplasts: the physicochemical forces at work and the functional consequences that ensue

    • Wah Soon Chow
    • Eun-Ha Kim
    • Jan M. Anderson

    Full Paper 01 December 2005 Pages: 1081 - 1090

27. Photosystem I: a search for green plant trimers

    • Roman Kouřil
    • Niels van Oosterwijk
    • Egbert J. Boekema

    Technical Note 01 December 2005 Pages: 1091 - 1094