A model for the topology of the chloroplast thylakoid membrane
Per-Ola Arvidsson and
Cecilia Sundby
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
26(7) 687 - 694
Published: 1999
Abstract
A model for the topological organization of the chloroplast thylakoid membrane is presented. A series of illustrations is provided, which outline a suggested 3-dimensional structure in cross-section and in full shape, which accounts both for the folding of one continuous membrane into multiple grana stacks as seen in cross-sectional electron micrographs and for the rapid reversible unfolding (destacking) of the grana stacks into lamellar sheets.Keywords: chloroplast, electron microscopy, grana stacking, serial sectioning, topology, thylakoid organization, ultrastructure, 3-dimensional.
https://doi.org/10.1071/PP99072
© CSIRO 1999
