Thermodynamic aspects of bioenergetics / Karel Van Dam, Hans V. Westerhoff -- Mechanisms of energy transduction / David Nicholls -- The mitochondrial respiratory chain / Mårten Wikström, Matti Saraste -- Photosynthetic electron transfer / B. Andrea Melandri, Giovanni Venturoli -- Proton motive ATP synthesis / Yasuo Kagawa -- The synthesis and utilization of inorganic pyrophosphate / Margareta Baltscheffsky, Pol Nyrén -- Mitochondrial nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase / Jan Rydström, Bengt Persson, Hai-Lun Tang -- Metabolite transport in mammalian mitochondria / Kathryn F. Lanoue, Anton C. Schoolwerth -- The uptake and the release of calcium by mitochondria / Ernesto Carafoli, Gianluigi Sottocasa -- Thermogenic mitochondria / Jan Nedergaard, Barbara Cannon -- Bacteriorhodopsin and related light-energy converters / Janos K. Lanyi -- Biogenesis of energy-transducing systems / Nathan Nelson, Howard Riezman.