Generation of nanoscopic membrane curvature for membrane trafficking

MM Kozlov, JW Taraska - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
Curved membranes are key features of intracellular organelles, and their generation
involves dynamic protein complexes. Here we describe the fundamental mechanisms such …

Evolution of thylakoid structural diversity

A Perez-Boerema, BD Engel… - Annual Review of Cell …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis evolved billions of years ago, becoming Earth's main source of
biologically available carbon and atmospheric oxygen. Since then, phototrophic organisms …

Granal thylakoid structure and function: explaining an enduring mystery of higher plants

L Gu, B Grodzinski, J Han, T Marie, YJ Zhang… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In higher plants, photosystems II and I are found in grana stacks and unstacked stroma
lamellae, respectively. To connect them, electron carriers negotiate tortuous multi‐media …

Plastocyanin is the long-range electron carrier between photosystem II and photosystem I in plants

R Höhner, M Pribil, M Herbstová… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
In photosynthetic electron transport, large multiprotein complexes are connected by small
diffusible electron carriers, the mobility of which is challenged by macromolecular crowding …

A glossary of plant cell structures: current insights and future questions

BH Kang, CT Anderson, S Arimura, E Bayer… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this glossary of plant cell structures, we asked experts to summarize a present-day view of
plant organelles and structures, including a discussion of outstanding questions. In the …

Composition, phosphorylation and dynamic organization of photosynthetic protein complexes in plant thylakoid membrane

M Rantala, S Rantala, EM Aro - Photochemical & Photobiological …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The photosystems (PS), catalyzing the photosynthetic reactions of higher plants, are
unevenly distributed in the thylakoid membrane: PSII, together with its light harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional roles of non-bilayer lipid phases of chloroplast thylakoid membranes and mitochondrial inner membranes

G Garab, LS Yaguzhinsky, O Dlouhý… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
The 'standard'fluid-mosaic membrane model can provide a framework for the operation of
the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport systems, the generation of the proton …

Electron microscopy for imaging organelles in plants and algae

E Weiner, JM Pinskey, D Nicastro, MS Otegui - Plant Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent developments in both instrumentation and image analysis algorithms have allowed
three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D-EM) to increase automated image collections …

Thylakoid membrane stacking controls electron transport mode during the dark-to-light transition by adjusting the distances between PSI and PSII

Y Garty, Y Bussi, S Levin-Zaidman, E Shimoni… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
The balance between linear electron transport (LET) and cyclic electron transport (CET)
plays an essential role in plant adaptation and protection against photo-induced damage …

Curvature thylakoid 1 proteins modulate prolamellar body morphology and promote organized thylakoid biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

O Sandoval-Ibáñez, A Sharma… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The term “de-etiolation” refers to the light-dependent differentiation of etioplasts to
chloroplasts in angiosperms. The underlying process involves reorganization of prolamellar …