The team isolated the chloroplasts from algal cells using a centrifuge and gentle stirring. Instead of then piercing the host ...

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.

Learn how cell function depends on a diverse group of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and sugars. Plant Cells, Chloroplasts, and Cell Walls Plant cells have some specialized properties that make ...

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 ...

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 ...