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. 1977 Mar;59(3):398-404.
doi: 10.1104/pp.59.3.398.

Localization and Characterization of Photosystem II in Grana and Stroma Lamellae

P A Armond  1 , C J Arntzen
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Localization and Characterization of Photosystem II in Grana and Stroma Lamellae

P A Armond et al. Plant Physiol. 1977 Mar.

Abstract

Attempts have been made to identify intramembranous particles observed in freeze-fracture electron microscopy as specific functional components of the membrane. The intramembranous particles of the exoplasmic fracture (EF) face of freeze-fractured pea (Pisum sativum) chloroplast lamellae are nonuniformly distributed along the membrane. Approximately 20% of the particles are in unpaired membrane regions whereas 80% are localized in regions of stacked lamellae (grana partitions). The EF particles within the grana regions of the chloroplast membrane are of a larger average size than those in stroma lamellae.Photosystem II activity of isolated stroma lamellae is about 20 to 25% of that of grana-enriched membrane fragments when measured at high light intensities. The photosystem II activity of stroma lamellae requires higher light intensities for attainment of maximal rates than does that of grana membranes. Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination of stacked chloroplast lamellae was used to demonstrate that 75 to 80% of all photosystem II centers are localized in grana partition regions.The data presented support the concept that the intramembranous particles of the EF face visualized on freeze-fractured chloroplast lamellae represent a central photosystem II reaction center complex plus associated light-harvesting chlorophyll protein. The fact that the EF particles of stroma lamellae are smaller than those of grana regions can be directly correlated to the presence of photosystem II units with small antennae chlorophyll assemblies in stroma lamellae.

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