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What role does sulpholipid play within the thylakoid membrane?

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Sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is a negatively charged lipid which exists in the thylakoid membrane. It is proposed that a large proportion of this acidic lipid does not form a part of the bulk lipid matrix but is closely associated with protein complexes where it is tightly bound and participates in either optimising catalytic activities, or maintaining the complexes in a functional conformation. Experimental evidence for this proposal is emerging from studies with isolated photosystem 2, and coupling factor complexes.

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Dedicated to Prof. L.N.M. Duysens on the occasion of his retirement.

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Barber, J., Gounaris, K. What role does sulpholipid play within the thylakoid membrane?. Photosynth Res 9, 239–249 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029747

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