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Plastid thylakoid architecture optimizes photosynthesis in diatoms

Authors :
Serena Flori
Pierre-Henri Jouneau
Benjamin Bailleul
Benoit Gallet
Leandro F Estrozi
Christine Moriscot
Olivier Bastien
Simona Eicke
Alexander Schober
Carolina Río Bártulos
Eric Maréchal
Peter G Kroth
Dimitris Petroutsos
Samuel Zeeman
Cécile Breyton
Guy Schoehn
Denis Falconet
Giovanni Finazzi
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Phytoplankton and plant plastids have distinct evolutionary origins and membrane organization. Here Floriet al. show that diatom photosynthetic complexes spatially segregate into interconnected subdomains within loose thylakoid stacks enabling fast diffusion of electron carriers and efficient photosynthesis

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bb2f45ac7514c388c1ff45a78492185
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15885