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Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. I. The Lipids and Light-Harvesting Complexes of the Thylakoid Membrane

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Light harvesting and photochemistry is performed by photosystems coupled to specific antennae embedded in the thylakoid membrane, a common principle across diatoms, plants, and green algae. Still, unique features of diatoms within this common principle have been unraveled in recent decades, likely resulting from the complex evolutionary history of diatoms. These unique features are found in (1) the lipid composition of the thylakoid membrane, (2) the spatial organization of the light-harvesting complexes, and (3) their protein and pigment composition. This chapter summarizes current knowledge of these three specific features, with a focus on structural and functional properties.

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Abbreviations

C. meneghiniana :

Cyclotella meneghiniana

Ch. gracilis :

Chaetoceros gracilis

Chl:

Chlorophyll

Dd:

Diadinoxanthin

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

DGGC:

Diacylglycerylcarboxyhydroxymethylcholine

DGTA:

Diacylglycerylhydroxymethyl-N,N,N-trimethyl-β-alanine

DGTS:

Diacylgyceryl-N-trimethylhomoserine

DHA:

Docosahexaenoic acid

Dt:

Diatoxanthin

EPA:

Eicosapentaenoic acid

FCP:

Fucoxanthin-chlorophyll-protein complex

Fx:

Fucoxanthin

HII:

Inverted hexagonal phase

H. ostrearia :

Haslea ostrearia

ICT:

Intramolecular charge transfer

Lhc:

Light-harvesting complex

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

P. tricornutum :

Phaeodactylum tricornutum

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PSI:

Photosystem I

PSII:

Photosystem II

PUFAs:

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

qE:

Energy-dependent quenching

SQDG:

Sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

T. pseudonana :

Thalassiosira pseudonana

XC:

Xanthophyll cycle

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BB acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 715579). BL thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (LE3358/3-2) and the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (Elite program) for financial support. CB acknowledges support by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 675006 and from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grant Bu 812 10-1. DAC thanks the Canada Research Chairs and Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada for support. JL thanks the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada-NSERC (Discovery and Northern Supplement grants), the Canada First Research Excellence Fund-Sentinelle Nord, and the strategic research cluster Québec-Océan for their financial support. All authors thank the reviewer for valuable suggestions.

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Büchel, C., Goss, R., Bailleul, B., Campbell, D.A., Lavaud, J., Lepetit, B. (2022). Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. I. The Lipids and Light-Harvesting Complexes of the Thylakoid Membrane. In: Falciatore, A., Mock, T. (eds) The Molecular Life of Diatoms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92499-7_15

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