Chloroplasts

By: Anna Guerrero
Published: 2017-02-06

Chloroplasts are the organelles in plant and algal cells that conduct photosynthesis. A single chloroplast has an outer membrane and an inner membrane, with an intermembrane space in between. Within the inner membrane, interconnected stacks of thylakoids, called granum, float in a protein rich fluid called the stroma. These thylakoid stacks contain chlorophyll, a pigment which converts sunlight into usable energy for plants and free oxygen from water. The stacks are sites of light reactions within a plant cell.


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Guerrero, Anna, "Chloroplasts". Embryo Project Encyclopedia ( ). ISSN: 1940-5030 https://hdl.handle.net/10776/11397

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Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia.

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