grana
small particles of chlorophyll in chloroplasts
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Grana
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grana A series of stacked thylakoid disks containing chlorophyll; found in the inner membrane of chloroplasts. PICTURE ...
Grana: stacks of thylakoid membranes
Enclose hydrogen reservoir used in chemiosmosis ...
grana flattened saclike structures inside chloroplasts containing chlorophyll and other photosynthetic enzymes
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granum pl. grana
(gran-um) [L. grain or seed]
A stacked portion of the thylakoid membrane in the chloroplast. Grana function in the light reactions of photosynthesis.
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The light reactions of photosynthesis occur in the grana (thylakoid membranes) of the chloroplasts of eukaryotic cells.
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At various places within the chloroplast these are stacked in arrays called grana (resembling a stack of coins).
Four types of protein assemblies are embedded in the thylakoid membranes: ...
A granum (plural grana) is a stack of thylakoids in the chloroplast, an organelle found in plants and eukaryotic algae where photosynthesis takes place. Chloroplasts can have from 10 to 100 grana.
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Thylakoids are stacked like pancakes in stacks known collectively as grana. The areas between grana are referred to as stroma. While the mitochondrion has two membrane systems, the chloroplast has three, forming three compartments.
The fluid-filled space surrounding the grana is the stroma. Many enzymes needed in photosynthesis are found embedded in the thylakoid membranes and in the stroma.
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atmospheric carbon dioxide into metabolizable sugars by the biochemical process of photosynthesis. Chloroplasts have a double outer membrane. Within the stroma are other membrane structures - the thylakoids. Thylakoids appear in stacks called "grana" ...
 See also: Chloroplast, Plant, Organ, Cell, Membrane
  
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