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 sun is the ultimate source of energy for virtually all organisms. Photosynthetic cells are able to use solar energy to synthesize energy-rich food molecules and to produce oxygen.

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 ...

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 ...