Fluorescence induction in chloroplasts isolated from the green alga Bryopsis maxima III. A fluorescence transient indicating proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane

1997 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Inokuchi ◽  
T. Itagaki ◽  
J. T. Wiskich ◽  
K. Nakayama ◽  
M. Okada

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 802-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Menke

Thylakoids from chloroplasts of Antirrhinum majus and of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria chalybea form folds during the drying on support films. Under favourable conditions, negative staining with uranylacetate gives electron micrographs of these folds which correspond to crosssections of thylakoids. In these preparations the thylakoid membrane seems to consist of a monolayer of particles. These are insoluble in organic solvents. The center to center distance of the particles approximately agrees with the roentgenographically determined center to center distance of the protein particles in the thylakoid membrane. It was not possible to demonstrate lipids in the thylakoid membrane. Because of the background structure of the support film, electron micrographs gave no unequivocal results concerning the structure of the protein layer in surface view.


1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Mclean ◽  
George F. Pessoney

A quasi-crystalline lamellar lattice was observed in chloroplasts of the filamentous green alga Zygnema. The lattice does not appear in the cells until cultures are at the end of the log phase of growth. Pseudograna are also present and become more numerous towards the middle of the log phase. The three-dimensional lattice superficially resembles the configuration of cubic prolamellar bodies but is about 10 times larger and is entirely different in internal structure. The lattice is composed of one or two appressed thylakoids in a stroma matrix which is bounded on each side by a single thylakoid membrane. This multilayered sandwich of membranes and matrix occupies a position equivalent to the single membrane of a cubic prolamellar body.


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