... their polypeptide com-position, suggesting specialized functions within the antenna. Thediadinoxanthin-enriched complex could be where the de-epoxidation of diadinoxanthin into diatoxanthin ... includingPSI and PSII, retain a more ‘native’ aggregation state.Discussion In contrast to the plant light-harvesting complexes, LHCI and LHCII, the diatom LHC is presently poorlycharacterized, ... 50 min. Spinach LHCII trimers, used for size calib-ration, eluted between 41 and 45 min, peaking at43 min (see Fig. 2, dashed line). The majority of thesoluble proteins were not embedded into...