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The domain organization of the plant thylakoid membrane
P A Albertsson1, E Andreasson, P Svensson
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Lund, Sweden.
FEBS Letters
|October 29, 1990
Abstract:
A model of the photosynthetic membrane from higher plants is presented. The different photosystems, PSI alpha, PSI beta, PSII alpha and PSII beta, are located in separate domains. The photosystems with the largest antenna systems, the alpha systems, are in the grana and the other in the stroma lamellae. In each grana disc PSI alpha is located in a flat annulus surrounding a circular PSII alpha domain. In this the PSII alpha units with the largest antennae are found in the center. The model is consistent with results from recent membrane fractionation experiments.