Frontiers of Biological Energetics, Volume I: Electrons to Tissues consists of papers presented at the 1978 International Symposium on ""Frontiers of Biological Energetics: Electrons to Tissues,"" held at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Professor Britton Chance and of the 50th anniversary of the Johnson Research Foundation. The symposium aims to bring together scientists from many different disciplines to discuss the common problems of biological energetic from different standpoints and from various levels of cellular organization.
Organized into three parts, the book begins with a discussion on the electrochemical interactions. It then continues to describe the electrons, protons, and energy. Lastly, the book presents new instrumental approaches to cellular biophysics.

Contributors for Volumes I and IIPrefacePart I Electrochemical Interactions Vectorial Electron, Hydrogen, Proton, and Oxyanion Conduction in Chemiosmotic Reaction Mechanisms Energetic Advantage of Ion Countertransport in Chemiosmotic Conversion Tunneling Processes in Bacteriophotosynthesis and Vision On the Efficiency of Electron Transfer Reactions in Proteins Kinetics of Photochemical Electron Transfer Reactions in Vivo and in Vitro Structural Organization of the Redox Groups in a Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Geometrical Relationships between the Cytochrome c-Cytochrome Oxidase Mitochondrial Redox Pairs Excited and Ionic States of Dimeric Chlorophyll Derivatives. Biomimetic Modelling of the Primary Events of Photosynthesis Covalently-Linked Porphyrin Quinone Complexes as RC Models Protein Dynamics, Potential Regulation, and Redox Coupled Conformational Changes in Cytochromes Electron Transfer by Cytochromes: Mechanisms and Problems Cytochromes C2-An Evolutionary Family Evolutionary Changes of the Heme C Electronic Structure in Cytochromes Respiratory Proteins of Some Extremely Thermophilic Bacteria Alternative Cyanide-Insensitive Respiratory Chain in Paracoccus denitrificans Specification of and Regulation by the Cytochrome B Region of the Mitochondrial Genome in Yeast Biosynthesis and Intracellular Translocation of Mitochondrial Proteins: Cytochrome c and the Carboxyatractyloside Binding Protein Labelling of Complex III with 3 5 S Diazobenzenesulfonate. Orientation of this Electron Transfer Segment in the Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Thermodynamic and EPR Properties of Hydrogen Carriers in the Succinate-Cyt. C Reductase Segment of the Respiratory Chain Mitochondrial Ubiquinone Proteins Thermodynamic and Functional Heterogeneity among the Ubiquinones of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides Electron and Proton Transfer in Succinate-Cytochrome c Reductase Segment of the Respiratory Chain A Single Ubiquinone Plays a Central Role in Electron Flow Through the Ubiquinone-Cytochromes b-c2 Oxidoreductase Effects of Ethanol and Salicylhydroxamic Acid on the Interactions of the Ubisemiquinone Pair with Centre S-3 in Plant Mitochondria Involvement of the "Protein" in Redox-Coupled Protonation Events of the Quinone Acceptor-Complex in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Pigment Interaction and Picosecond Electron Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers Recent Developments on the "Primary" Electron Acceptors in Photosystem I Redox Potential Dependence of Electron Transport and Variable Fluorescence in Photosystem I Flash-Induced Volume Changes in Purple Membrane Suspensions Establishments of Electrochemical Gradients: General Views and Experiments on Purple Membrane Site Specific Interaction of Protons Liberated from Photosystem II Oxidation with a Hydrophobic Membrane Component of the Chloroplast Membrane Calibration of Flash Induced pH Changes inside Thylakoids and Kinetic Resolution of Proton Ejection and ConsumptionPart 2 Electrons, Protons, and Energy Formation of the Proton Gradient Across the Chloroplast Thylakoid Membrane in Relation to ATP Synthesis The Molecular Mechanism of Light Activated Proton Transport in Purple Membranes of Halobacterium halobium Coupling of Electron Transfer and Proton Translocation in Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria Contributions from Both Electron Transport and Ion Transport to the Decay of the Carotenoid Shift After Flash-Activation of Chromatophores Inhibition of Electron Transport in RPS. Capsulata by a Ubiquinone Analogue Vectorial Oxidoreductions: The Ferrous Iron Oxidase Complex of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and the Nitrate Reductase Complex of Escherichia coli Electron Translocating Function of Cytochrome Oxidase Generation of Electrochemical Proton Gradient by Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase.