Introductory Crop Physiology

Location of photosynthetic pigments in chloroplast

• The photosynthetic pigments are located in grana portions of the chloroplast.
  
• They are present in the thylakoid membrane or membrane of grana lamella.
  
• The membrane of thylakoid is made up of proteins and lipids or the membrane consists of both lipid layer and protein layer.
  
• The hydrophilic heads of the chlorophyll molecules remain embedded in the protein layer while lipohilic phytol tail in the lipid layer.
  
• The other pigments are thought to be present along with chlorophyll molecules.