title: Novel structural aspect of the diatom thylakoid membrane: lateral segregation of photosystem I under red-enhanced illumination.
abstract: Spatial segregation of photosystems in the thylakoid membrane (lateral heterogeneity) observed in plants and in the green algae is usually considered to be absent in photoautotrophs possessing secondary plastids, such as diatoms. Contrary to this assumption, here we show that thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast of a marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, contain large areas occupied exclusively by a supercomplex of photosystem I (PSI) and its associated Lhcr antenna. These membrane areas, hundreds of nanometers in size, comprise hundreds of tightly packed PSI-antenna complexes while lacking other components of the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Analyses of the spatial distribution of the PSI-Lhcr complexes have indicated elliptical particles, each 14 × 17 nm in diameter. On larger scales, the red-enhanced illumination exerts a significant effect on the ultrastructure of chloroplasts, creating superstacks of tens of thylakoid membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bína
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herbstová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Zdenko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gardian
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vácha
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Radek
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Litvín
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017377:Diatoms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008027:Light; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex