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What do you mean by lumen of thylakoids ? |
| Answer» A\xa0thylakoid\xa0is a membrane-bound compartment inside\xa0chloroplast\xa0and\xa0cyanobacteria. They are the site of the light-dependant reactions\xa0of photosythesis. Thylakoids consist of a\xa0thylakoid membranesurrounding a\xa0thylakoid lumen. Chloroplast thylakoids frequently form stacks of disks referred to as\xa0grana\xa0(singular:\xa0granum). Grana are connected by\xa0intergranal\xa0or\xa0stromathylakoids, which join granum stacks together as a single functional compartment. | |