The chloroplast protein transport system includes a motor protein complex, which plays a critical driving role in the translocation of precursor proteins across the chloroplast membrane.

It shows how a pathogen's effector protein targets the chloroplast protein StFC-II, increasing its levels in chloroplasts and ...

Coding sequences for the majority of chloroplast proteins have been lost, so these proteins are now encoded by the nuclear genome, synthesized in the cytoplasm, and transported from the cytoplasm ...

A study published in the journal Nature Communications explores the origin of chloroplasts, the plastids that allow plants to extract carbon from the atmosphere to build their own structures and ...

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.

This separation of the DNA from the protein synthesis machinery provides ... two other organelles — the mitochondrion and the chloroplast — play an especially important role in eukaryotic ...

In photosynthesis, harnessing the power of the sun is made possible by the flow of electrons from one protein to another inside an organelle called the chloroplast. This organelle contains a ...

The Webster group intends to build upon this new understanding of bacterial-type gene expression to examine its contribution to the production of photosynthetic proteins in the chloroplast.

Conifers like spruce and pine adapt to freezing winters through unique photosynthesis strategies. They utilize the spillover ...

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and certain kinds of bacteria convert solar radiation into chemical energy, must adjust itself to changes in the intensity of sunlight, so as to ...

Aquatic Toxicology 100(1):120- Uniacke, J. and W. Zerges. 2009. Chloroplast protein targeting involves localized translation in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 106 ...