| Small-angle neutron scattering study of the ultrastructure of chloroplast thylakoid membranes - Periodicity and structural flexibility of the stroma lamellae. | |
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PMID: 22306529 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The multilamellar organization of freshly isolated spinach and pea chloroplast thylakoid membranes was studied using small-angle neutron scattering. A broad peak at ~0.02Å(-1) is ascribed to diffraction from domains of ordered, unappressed stroma lamellae, revealing a repeat distance of 294ű7Å in spinach and 345ű11Å in pea. The peak position and hence the repeat distance of stroma lamellae is strongly dependent on the osmolarity and the ionic strength of the suspension medium, as demonstrated by varying the sorbitol and the Mg(++)-concentration in the sample. For pea thylakoid membranes, we show that the repeat distance decreases when illuminating the sample with white light, in accordance with our earlier results on spinach, also regarding the observation that addition of an uncoupler prohibits the light-induced structural changes, a strong indication that these changes are driven by the transmembrane proton gradient. We show that the magnitude of the shrinkage is strongly dependent on light intensity and that the repeat distance characteristic of the dark state after illumination is different from the initial dark state. Prolonged strong illumination leads to irreversible changes and swelling as reflected in increased repeat distances. The observed reorganizations are discussed within the frames of the current structural models of the granum stroma thylakoid membrane assembly and the regulatory mechanisms in response to variations in the environmental conditions in vivo. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis. |
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Dorthe Posselt; Gergely Nagy; Jacob J K Kirkensgaard; Jens K Holm; Thomas H Aagaard; Peter Timmins; Eszter Rétfalvi; László Rosta; László Kovács; Győző Garab |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-28 |
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Title: Biochimica et biophysica acta Volume: - ISSN: 0006-3002 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-2-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0217513 Medline TA: Biochim Biophys Acta Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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IMFUFA, Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. |
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