Stacks of monogalactolipid bilayers can transform into a lattice of water channels
Summary: The lipid matrix of thylakoid membranes is a lamellar bilayer, but under a certain condition it can convert locally into a nonlamellar structure. This is possible because one of the main membrane lipids, MGDG, promotes the formation of an inverse hexagonal phase. Here, the spontaneous trans...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223019405 |