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Molecular dynamics of the diatom thylakoid membrane under different light conditions

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During the last years significant progress was achieved in unraveling molecular characteristics of the thylakoid membrane of different diatoms. With the present review it is intended to summarize the current knowledge about the structural and functional changes within the thylakoid membrane of diatoms acclimated to different light conditions. This aspect is addressed on the level of the organization and regulation of light-harvesting proteins, the dissipation of excessively absorbed light energy by the process of non-photochemical quenching, and the lipid composition of diatom thylakoid membranes. Finally, a working hypothesis of the domain formation of the diatom thylakoid membrane is presented to highlight the most prominent differences of heterokontic thylakoids in comparison to vascular plants and green algae during the acclimation to low and high light conditions.

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Abbreviations

Chl:

Chlorophyll

DDE:

Diadinoxanthin de-epoxidase

Ddx:

Diadinoxanthin

DEP:

Diatoxanthin epoxidase

DGTS:

1,2-Diacylglyceryl-3-O-4′-(N,N,N-trimethyl)-homoserine

DTT:

Dithiothreitol

Dtx:

Diatoxanthin

FCP:

Fucoxanthin chlorophyll protein

HL:

High light

LHC:

Light-harvesting complex

LL:

Low light

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

NPQ:

Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PE:

Phospatidylethanolamine

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PQ:

Plastoquinone

PS:

Photosystem

qE:

High-energy-state quenching

qI:

Photoinhibitory quenching

qT:

Quenching related to state transitions

SQDG:

Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol

VDE:

Violaxanthin de-epoxidase

Zx:

Zeaxanthin

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This study was supported by a DAAD Post-Doc fellowship (for B.L.).

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    Reimund Goss, Torsten Jakob & Christian Wilhelm

  2. CNRS UMR6250 ‘LIENSs’, Institute for Coastal and Environmental Research (ILE), University of La Rochelle, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17042, La Rochelle cedex, France

    Bernard Lepetit

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Lepetit, B., Goss, R., Jakob, T. et al. Molecular dynamics of the diatom thylakoid membrane under different light conditions. Photosynth Res 111, 245–257 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-011-9633-5

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