Open AccessBiogenesis of the cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane system – an update
Author(s) -
Nickelsen Jörg,
Rengstl Birgit,
Stengel Anna,
Schottkowski Marco,
Soll Jürgen,
Ankele Elisabeth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02096.x
Subject(s) - photosystem , biogenesis , thylakoid , photosystem ii , membrane , biology , light harvesting complexes of green plants , biophysics , chloroplast , biochemistry , chemistry , photosynthesis , gene
Current molecular analyses suggest that initial steps of the biogenesis of cyanobacterial photosystems progress in a membrane subfraction representing a biosynthetic center with contact to both plasma and thylakoid membranes. This special membrane fraction is defined by the presence of the photosystem II assembly factor PratA. The proposed model suggests that both biogenesis of protein complexes and insertion of chlorophyll molecules into the photosystems occur in this intermediate membrane system.