1 An Introduction to Bioenergetics. - 1. 1 The Flow of Energy and Materials in Biology. - 1. 2 Adenosine 5?-triphosphate (ATP). - 1. 3 Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions. - 1. 4 Substrate-Level Phosphorylation. - 1. 5 Oxidation Reduction Reactions. - 1. 6 Respiration and Oxidative Phosphorylation. - 2 The Components of the Respiratory Chain. - 2. 1 Nicotinamide Nucleotides. - 2. 2 Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase. - 2. 3 Respiratory Chain Dehydrogenases. - 2. 4 Ubiquinone. - 2. 5 Cytochromes. - 2. 6 The Composition and Reconstitution of the Respiratory Chain. - 2. 7 Spectrophotometric Analyses. - 2. 8 Bacterial Respiratory Chains. - 2. 9 Electron and Hydrogen Transfer. - 3 The Organization and Function of the Coupling Membrane. - 3. 1 Mitochondrial Structure and Function. - 3. 2 The Organization of the Mitochondrial Energy Conservation System. - 3. 3 Mitochondrial Solute Transport. - 3. 4 The Morphology and Organization of the Bacterial Coupling Membrane. - 3. 5 Bacterial Solute Transport. - 4 Energy Coupling. - 4. 1 Energy Coupling Sites. - 4. 2 Respiratory Control. - 4. 3 Crossover Points. - 4. 4 Uncoupling Agents. - 4. 5 Phosphorylation Inhibitors. - 4. 6 Reversed Electron Transfer. - 4. 7 The Energized State. - 5 Mechanisms of Oxidative Phosphorylation. - 5. 1 The Chemical Hypothesis. - 5. 2 The Chemiosmotic Hypothesis. - 5. 3 The Localized Proton Hypothesis. - 5. 4 The Conformational Hypothesis. - 5. 5 Chemiosmotic Localized Proton or Conformational Hypothesis?. - Suggestions for Further Reading. Language: English