The light reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis are performed by protein complexes embedded in the lipid bilayer of thylakoid membranes (TMs). Bilayers provide optimal conditions for the build-up of the proton motive force (pmf) and ATP synthesis. However, functional plant TMs, besides the bilayer, contain an inverted hexagonal (HII) phase and isotropic phases, a lipid polymorphism due to their major, non-bilayer lipid species, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG). The lipid phase behavior of TMs is explained within the framework of the Dynamic Exchange Model (DEM), an extension of the fluid-mosaic model. DEM portrays the bilayer phase as inclusions between photosynthetic supercomplexes - characterized by compromised membrane impermeability and restricted sizes inflicted by the segregation propensity of lipid molecules, safe-guarding the high protein density of TMs. Isotropic phases mediate membrane fusions and are associated with the lumenal lipocalin-like enzyme, violaxanthin de-epoxidase. Stromal-side proteins surrounded by lipids give rise to the HII phase. These features instigate experimentally testable hypotheses: (i) non-bilayer phases mediate functional sub-compartmentalization of plant chloroplasts - a quasi-autonomous energization and ATP synthesis of each granum-stroma TM assembly; and (ii) the generation and utilization of pmf depend on hydrated protein networks and proton-conducting pathways along membrane surfaces - rather than on strict impermeability of the bilayer.

Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic

Institute of Biophysics HUN REN Biological Research Centre Szeged Hungary

Institute of Plant Biology HUN REN Biological Research Centre Szeged Hungary

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