Bioelectrochemistry II: Membrane Phenomena

ISBN-13: 9781461282617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 544 str.

G. Milazzo

Opis

This book contains the lectures of the second course devoted to bioelectro chemistry, held within the framework of the International School of Biophysics. In this course another very large field of bioelectrochemistry, i. e. the field of Membrane Phenomena, was considered, which itself consists of several different, but yet related subfields. Here again, it can be easily stated that it is impossible to give a complete and detailed picture of all membrane phenomena of biological interest in a short course of about one and half week. Therefore the same philosophy, as the one of the first course, was followed, to select a series of lectures at postgraduate level, giving a synthesis of several membrane phenomena chosen among the most'important ones. These lectures should show the large variety of membrane-regulated events occurring in living bodies, and serve as sound interdisciplinary basis to start a special ized study of biological phenomena, for which the investigation using the dual approach, physico-chemical and biological, is unavoidable. Since, as already mentioned, it was impossible to exhaust, even roughly, is a short course like this, the presentation and introductory treatment of the extremely large variety of membrane phenomena, it can be expected that the third course will continue the subject of membrane phenomena deepening some ones presented in this course and introducing some new ones. vii CONTENTS Symbols and acronyms IX Opening address G. MILAZZO 1 Structure of biological membranes and of their models I J . A. HAYWARD et al."

Spis treści

Opening address.- Structure of biological membranes and of their models I.- Structure of biological membranes and of their models II.- Structural and functional aspects of the chemical and physical diversity of membrane lipids.- Membrane proteins.- Electric field effects on biological membranes: electroincorporation and electrofusion.- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of transport.- Passive ion permeability.- Charge transport across lipid bilayer membranes: lipophilic ions, ion carriers and channels.- Active ion transport through biomembranes.- Chemical processes at biomembrane interfaces.- Thermodynamics of coupling mechanisms.- Interactions between external energy and cellular metabolism.- The Mitochondrial respiratory chain: energetics and control.- Chemiosmotic coupling in energy transduction.- Primary charge separation and energy transduction in photosynthesis.- An electrochemical perspective on excitable membranes channels and gating.- Thermodynamic properties of the ion channels in the nerve membrane.- Mediated and non-mediated transport through biomembranes of materials of pharmacological interest.- From biological membrane properties to industrial processes.- Participants.