チラコイドの形成には、vesicle-inducing protein in plastids 1 (VIPP1)と呼ばれるタンパク質の働きが必要である。このタンパク質を欠くと植物は生きることができず、VIPP1の発現量を減らすと光合成の能力が落ち、成長は遅く、色は薄くなる。VIPP1はチラコイド膜の形成に必要だと考えられているが、チラコイド膜上のタンパク質複合体には含まれていない[7]。このタンパク質は、シアノバクテリア[8]、クラミドモナスのような緑藻[9]、シロイヌナズナのような高等植物[10]を含むチラコイドを持つ全ての生物で保存されている。
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