CONSEQUENCES OF SPATIAL SEPARATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM-1 AND PHOTOSYSTEM-2 IN THYLAKOID MEMBRANES OF HIGHER-PLANT CHLOROPLASTS
CONSEQUENCES OF SPATIAL SEPARATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM-1 AND PHOTOSYSTEM-2 IN THYLAKOID MEMBRANES OF HIGHER-PLANT CHLOROPLASTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(81)80041-5
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
ANDERSON, JM
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作者:
ANDERSON, JM
The thylakoid membranes of most higher plants and some green algae are structurally organized into a network of closely contacting, appressed membranes, the grana thylakoids, which are interconnected with single, unstacked membranes, the stroma thylakoids [l-5]. The inner surface of these thylakoid membranes encloses a space which is continuous between the grana and stroma thylakoids. As shown schematically in fig. 1, thylakoids have two distinct membrane regions, termed here exposed and appressed membranes. The exposed~ ylakoids whose outer surfaces are in direct contact with the stroma, include stroma~ ylakoids and the end membr~ es and margins of the grana stacks. In contrast, the outer surfaces of the appressed membranes of the grana partitions have limited access to the stroma. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy reveals a difference in the size, shape and density of freeze-fracture particles located in appressed and exposed membranes [5-81. This reflects a difference in the distribution of the main intrinsic macromolecular complexes of thylakoid membranes in the two regions. This striking structural organization of thylakoids is paralleled by a differentiation of function. Fractionation of~ ylakoids into grana and stroma thylakoid fractions by detergent [9] or mechanical methods [IO], shows that the large subchlo-