Quantasomes are particles found in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts in which photosynthesis takes place.
An individual quantasome is measured to be about 185 Å long, 155 Å wide, and 100 Å thick.[1] Molecular weight and density measurements have indicated that one quantasome contains 230 chlorophyll molecules.
See also
- Light-dependent reactions
- Photophosphorylation
- Photosynthetic reaction centre
- Photosystem II
- Thylakoid
References
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- ^ Sauer, Kenneth (May 1965). “Molecular Orientation in Quantasomes”. Biophysical Journal. 5 (3): 337–348. doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(65)86720-0. PMC 1367739. PMID 19431337.
- ^ Howell, Stephen H.; Moudrianakis, Evangelos N. (September 15, 1967). “Function of the “Quantasome” in Photosynthesis: Structure and Properties of Membrane-Bound Particle Active in the Dark Reactions of Photophosphorylation”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 58 (3): 1261–1268. Bibcode:1967PNAS…58.1261H. doi:10.1073/pnas.58.3.1261. JSTOR 58108. PMC 335777. PMID 16578666.
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