Abstract
Red algae are a group of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms. Phycobilisomes (PBSs), which are composed of various types of phycobiliproteins and linker polypeptides, are the main light-harvesting antennae in red algae, as in cyanobacteria. Two morphological types of PBSs, hemispherical- and hemidiscoidal-shaped, are found in different red algae species. PBSs harvest solar energy and efficiently transfer it to photosystem II (PS II) and finally to photosystem I (PS I). The PS I of red algae uses light-harvesting complex of PS I (LHC I) as a light-harvesting antennae, which is phylogenetically related to the LHC I found in higher plants. PBSs, PS II, and PS I are all distributed throughout the entire thylakoid membrane, a pattern that is different from the one found in higher plants. Photosynthesis processes, especially those of the light reactions, are carried out by the supramolecular complexes located in/on the thylakoid membranes. Here, the supramolecular architecture, function and regulation of thylakoid membranes in red algal are reviewed.
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Abbreviations
- AFM:
-
Atomic force microscopy
- APC:
-
Allophycocyanin
- B-PE:
-
B-phycoerythrin
- Chl:
-
Chlorophyll
- C-PC:
-
C-phycocyanin
- EM:
-
Electron microscopy
- FRAP:
-
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
- LHC I:
-
Light-harvesting complex of photosystem I
- LHC II:
-
Light-harvesting complex of photosystem II
- PBP:
-
Phycobiliprotein
- PBS:
-
Phycobilisome
- PC:
-
Phycocyanin
- PCB:
-
Phycocyanobilin
- PE:
-
Phycoerythrin
- PEB:
-
Phycoerythrobilin
- PS I:
-
Photosystem I
- PS II:
-
Photosystem II
- PUB:
-
Phycourobilin
- R-PC:
-
R-phycocyanin
- R-PE:
-
R-phycoerythrin
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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40806056), Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2008AA09Z404), Key International S&T Cooperation Project of China (2008DFA30440).
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Su, HN., Xie, BB., Zhang, XY. et al. The supramolecular architecture, function, and regulation of thylakoid membranes in red algae: an overview. Photosynth Res 106, 73–87 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-010-9560-x
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