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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Main Authors: Jakub Hryc, Michal Markiewicz, Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223019405