Thylakoid

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title: Thylakoid
text: Thylakoids are membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Thylakoids consist of a thylakoid membrane surrounding a thylakoid lumen. Chloroplast thylakoids frequently form stacks of disks referred to as grana. Grana are connected by intergranal or stromal thylakoids, which join granum stacks together as a single functional compartment. In thylakoid membranes, chlorophyll pigments are found in packets cal
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description: Membrane enclosed compartments in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylakoid
date created: 2003-04-12T20:59:35Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T15:23:12Z
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