As the festive season approaches, evergreen conifers like spruce and pine adorn homes worldwide. But while Christmas trees ...

PsbR, a long-sought, small yet crucial subunit of PSII, plays a role in adjusting the central assembly interfaces of both ...

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 ...

Chloroplasts also have a third internal membrane called the thylakoid membrane, which is extensively folded and appears as stacks of flattened disks in electron micrographs. The thylakoids contain ...

In winter, conifers alter the structure of their thylakoid membranes, which house Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII) – the protein complexes involved in photosynthesis. Typically separate, ...

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.

2024 was studded with record-setting scientific discoveries. From tracing the origins of glow-in-the-dark animals to developing the world’s fastest microscope, these superlative feats captured our ...

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 ...

Vipp1 is particularly important, as it is involved in the formation and maintenance of thylakoid membranes—membranes in the chloroplasts of plant cells where the light reaction of photosynthesis ...