Thylakoid Definition

thīlə-koid
noun
A disk-shaped, membranous sac containing chlorophyll, in which the light reaction of photosynthesis occurs, found in blue-green algae and in the chloroplasts of green plants.
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Other Word Forms of Thylakoid

Noun

Singular:
thylakoid
Plural:
thylakoids

Origin of Thylakoid

  • Greek thūlakos sack –oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thylakoid Sentence Examples

  • This generates a proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane.

  • Chloroplasts are made up of stacks of thylakoid disks; a stack of thylakoid disks; a stack of thylakoid disks is called a granum.

  • The transit peptide is very similar in structure to a family of nuclear proteins imported into the thylakoid lumen.

  • The dimeric PSII supercomplex used for this study was isolated from spinach chloroplast thylakoid membranes.

  • Chloroplasts are made up of stacks of thylakoid disks; a stack of thylakoid disks is called a granum.

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