Macroorganisation and flexibility of thylakoid membranes

PH Lambrev, P Akhtar - Biochemical Journal, 2019 - portlandpress.com
The light reactions of photosynthesis are hosted and regulated by the chloroplast thylakoid
membrane (TM)—the central structural component of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical organization and structural flexibility of thylakoid membranes

G Garab - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Chloroplast thylakoid membranes accommodate densely packed protein complexes in
ordered, often semi-crystalline arrays and are assembled into highly organized multilamellar …

Chloroplast remodeling during state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as revealed by noninvasive techniques in vivo

G Nagy, R Ünnep, O Zsiros, R Tokutsu… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Plants respond to changes in light quality by regulating the absorption capacity of their
photosystems. These short-term adaptations use redox-controlled, reversible …

Organization and flexibility of cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes examined by neutron scattering

M Liberton, LE Page, WB O'Dell, H O'Neill… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotes that can use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into cellular
fuel. Knowledge of the organization of the membrane systems in cyanobacteria is critical to …

Phycobilisome mobility and its role in the regulation of light harvesting in red algae

R Kaňa, E Kotabová, M Luke¡, Š Papáček… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Red algae represent an evolutionarily important group that gave rise to the whole red clade
of photosynthetic organisms. They contain a unique combination of light-harvesting systems …

Revealing the dynamics of thylakoid membranes in living cyanobacterial cells

LR Stingaciu, H O'Neill, M Liberton, VS Urban… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that make major contributions to the
production of the oxygen in the Earth atmosphere. The photosynthetic machinery in …

[HTML][HTML] The ultrastructure and flexibility of thylakoid membranes in leaves and isolated chloroplasts as revealed by small-angle neutron scattering

R Ünnep, O Zsiros, K Solymosi, L Kovács… - … Et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
We studied the periodicity of the multilamellar membrane system of granal chloroplasts in
different isolated plant thylakoid membranes, using different suspension media, as well as …

The fluid-mosaic membrane theory in the context of photosynthetic membranes: Is the thylakoid membrane more like a mixed crystal or like a fluid?

C Wilhelm, R Goss, G Garab - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the publication of the fluid-mosaic membrane theory by Singer and Nicolson in 1972
generations of scientists have adopted this fascinating concept for all biological membranes …

Photosynthesis in diatoms

M Scarsini, J Marchand, KM Manoylov… - Diatoms …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacillariophyta (diatoms) are a dominant group of planktonic algae in all oceans where they
participate in a range of essential biogeochemical processes. Because they are …

Non‐Invasive Biophysical Techniques to Monitor the Structural Plasticity of the Photosynthetic Machinery of Live Diatom Cells

M Szabó, G Nagy, G Garab - Diatom Photosynthesis: From …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The photosynthetic performance of diatoms depends largely on the organization and
structural flexibility of their thylakoid membranes, the densely packed, highly organized …