Table III.
Lipid composition of thylakoid membranes and of PSII complexes
Values represent averages ±sd of independent preparations (n > 3).
| Strain | Sample | Total | Lipid Class
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGDG | DGDG | SQDG | PG | |||
| nmol/μg Chl | mol% | |||||
| Wild type | Thylakoids | 2.39 ± 0.19 | 37.4 ± 2.4 | 20.0 ± 1.9 | 28.9 ± 1.7 | 13.7 ± 2.3 |
| Monomer | 0.77 ± 0.06 | 30.3 ± 2.0 | 14.3 ± 3.0 | 29.2 ± 1.9 | 26.2 ± 3.7 | |
| Dimer | 0.60 ± 0.02 | 28.7 ± 1.9 | 16.4 ± 0.7 | 25.5 ± 1.2 | 29.4 ± 1.4 | |
| pgsA mutant | Thylakoids | 11.52 ± 0.57 | 58.3 ± 4.3 | 12.6 ± 2.1 | 26.4 ± 2.7 | 2.7 ± 0.8 |
| Monomer | 0.69 ± 0.02 | 35.1 ± 5.6 | 15.2 ± 1.6 | 38.2 ± 1.4 | 11.5 ± 2.5 | |
| Dimer | 0.66 ± 0.01 | 35.7 ± 2.7 | 14.9 ± 1.7 | 34.9 ± 1.7 | 14.5 ± 2.7 | |