1. 4. organization of pigments

2. Diatom chloroplasts

3. Chloroplast lamella

4. thylakoid membrane

5. PS thylakoid complexes

6. organization of many LH trimers around reaction center (PS II)
Lui et al., 2004
organization of many LH trimers around reaction center (PS II)

7. 3 monomers = 1 trimer green: chl a blue: chl b yellow/orange: PS carotenoids magenta: PP carotenoids
Lui et al., 2004

8. recent electron density mapping shows the organization of pigments in fundamental light harvesting complexes (monomeric LHC-II; Lui et al., 2004, Nature 428: 287ff for spinach LHC-II)
protein backbone

9. Chlorophyll a www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/projects/ steer/cloroads.gif
Chlorophyll a
steer/cloroads.gif