Thoughts Concerning a New Paradigm of the Photosystem II Region of the Thylakoid Membrane Based on Lipid Structure and Function

Autor: Jarmila Vallino, Jana Smutny, Paul-André Siegenthaler, Marlyse Meylan Bettex, André Rawyler, Yinong Xu
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Plant Lipid Metabolism ISBN: 9789048144983
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7_46
Popis: Each type of membrane is characterized by the amount and kind of its proteins and lipids. When considering the numerous models which have been published in the literature on the molecular organization of the thylakoid membrane (TM), it is surprising that almost nobody has attempted to represent the acyl lipids according to their topological distribution and associated functions. This failure is probably due to the fact that, contrarily to their counterpart protein moiety, lipids have no catalytic properties by themselves. The purpose of this communication is to propose a tentative paradigm shedding light on the molecular architecture of the TM in which not only proteins but also acyl lipids are considered. The concept of this model is based on recent studies [1–5].
Databáze: OpenAIRE