A Japanese team has developed a technique to insert chloroplasts isolated from algae into animal cells, a feat that could ...

In chloroplasts, cpSRP use two mechanisms to target both chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded proteins to the thylakoid membranes that house the photosynthetic machinery (Fig. 1). The first SRP ...

The photosynthetic machinery is housed within the thylakoid membranes of plants, algae and cyanobacteria; we study how these complexes are arranged and how the membrane morphology adapts to changing ...

The chloroplast thylakoid membrane is the site for the initial steps of photosynthesis that convert solar energy into chemical energy, ultimately powering almost all life on earth. The heterogeneous ...

Cyanobacteria are thought to be among the first organisms to perform oxygenic photosynthesis using thylakoid membranes, structures inside their cells where this process occurs. Their oxygen ...

Furthermore, understanding the evolution of cyanobacteria, particularly the creation of thylakoid membranes, is critical for solving the riddles surrounding Earth's past and the growth of oxygen ...