Studies on Molecular Mechanism of Photosynthetic Energy Conversion

在这一联合研究方案下，日本科学家与欧共体国家、法国、联邦德国和英国的科学家合作研究了光合能量转换机制。在三年的时间里，在光能转化的初级过程机理、CO_2固定和碳流机理、叶绿体发育机理三个方向上进行了19项合作研究，在开展合作研究活动的同时，还派日本科学家到欧共体地区寻找合作研究课题。在19项合作中，有6项是在日本与欧洲共同体地区的科学家进行的。从这一合作研究中获得的结果的典型例子可以看出，（1）确定cors肽的光系统II复合物中的电荷分离，OKAYAMMa大学和法国CEA的研究小组和（2）鉴定与光系统I复合物中的电荷分离相关的组分，由帝京大学和CEA的小组。在取得这些成果的同时，合作活动已促成发表了29篇原创论文，目前正在编写10多篇论文。

Under this joint research programme,cooperative research for mechanism of photo- synthetic energy conversion was made between Japanese scientists and scientists in EC countries, France,FRG and UK. During three-year period,19 cooperative researches were carried out in three directions: mechanism of primary process in light energy conversion,mechanism of CO_2-fixation and carbon flow and mechanism of chloroplast development.In parallel with cooperstive research activities,Japanese scientists were sent to EC area to search for research topics possigle for collaboration under this programme. Among 19 collaborations,6 were carried out in Japan with scientists invited from EC area. Typical examples of results obtained from this cooperative research can be seen in (1) determination of cors peptides for the charge separation in photosystem II.complex ellaborated groups of OKAYAMMa University and CEA in France and (2)identification of components associated with the charge separation in photosystem I coplex by groups of Teikyo University and CEA. Together with these achievements,cooperative activities have already brought about publication of 29 original papers.At present,preparation of more than 10 papers is under progress.