Proteomics of Bacterial Photosynthetic Membrane Development
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2019) | Viewed by 332
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Interests: membrane biochemistry; biophysics
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Dear Colleagues,
It is the aim of this Special Issue to stress the role which proteomic methods have played in providing an improved understanding of the photosynthetic membrane developmental processes in both the prokaryotic anoxygenic and oxygenic phototrophs, as represented mainly by the photoheterotrophic purple bacteria and cyanobacteria. Expanding on previous work in the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides in which comparisons were made between the proteomes of chemoheterotrophically and photoheterotrophically grown cells and their derived subcellular fractions, these studies have matured to a stage where proteomics has played crucial roles in the elucidation of membrane developmental processes. These include the establishment of sites of membrane invagination as well as factors responsible for the insertion of proteins and their associated chlorophylls into intracytoplasmic photosynthetic membranes. Likewise, in cyanobacteria, proteomics has progressed from initial studies on protein expression and membrane proteome mapping to the identification of specific components involved in the assembly of photosynthetic membrane protein complexes. Other developments include the elucidation of proteome changes accompanying diurnal rhythms, as well as advances such as quantitative redox proteomics approaches, the establishment of segregated bioenergetic domains in cyanobacterial plasma membranes, and clues to the plastid endosymbiosis process, to name just a few of the many innovative findings that have recently emerged.
We encourage researchers who apply proteomic approaches to the study of bacterial photosynthetic membrane development to contribute original research or review articles, encompassing studies that reflect further advancements in this rapidly developing area of photosynthesis research.
Prof. Robert A. Niederman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cyanobacteria
- light-harvesting complexes
- light regulation
- membrane development
- photosynthesis
- proteomics
- reaction centers
- Rhodobacter sphaeroides
- purple phototrophic bacteria
