Mature plant chloroplasts form reversible gyroid cubic membranes
Michał Bykowski, Anna Węgrzyn, Wojciech Wietrzyñski, Alicja Bukat, Joanna Wójtowicz, Radosław Mazur, Fanny Le Blanc, Zuzanna Bieńko, Karina Kwapiszewska, Gerd E. Schröder‐Turk, Benjamin D. Engel, Łucja Kowalewska
The paper shows that mature Arabidopsis thylakoid membranes can reversibly transition from lamellar to gyroid cubic structures without losing photosystem II function.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology