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The role of chlorophyll-protein complexes in the function and structure of chloroplast thylakoids

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The photosynthetic pigments of chloroplast thylakoid membranes are complexed with specific intrinsic polypeptides which are included in three supramolecular complexes, photosystem I complex, photosystem II complex and the light-harvesting complex. There is a marked lateral heterogeneity in the distribution of these complexes along the membrane with photosystem II complex and its associated light-harvesting complex being located mainly in the stacked membranes of the grana partitions, while photosystem I complex is found mainly in unstacked thylakoids together with ATP synthetase. In contrast, the intermediate electron transport complex, the cylochrome b-f complex, is rather uniformly distributed in these two membrane regions. The consequences of this lateral heterogeneity in the location of the thylakoid complexes are considered in relation to the function and structure of chloroplasts of higher plants.

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Anderson, J.M. The role of chlorophyll-protein complexes in the function and structure of chloroplast thylakoids. Mol Cell Biochem 46, 161–172 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239665

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