A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

As a result of this evolutionary event, chloroplasts possess two envelope membranes, and have retained functional remnants of their original cyanobacterial genomes.

However, Matsunaga says that "by mixing in chloroplast-implanted cells, oxygen could be supplied to the cells through photosynthesis, by light irradiation, thereby improving the conditions inside ...

Citation: Chloroplasts' ancient origins: Organelles may have emerged as energy producers before switching to carbon assimilation (2024, December 10) retrieved 5 July 2025 from https://phys.org ...

Researchers identified a large novel protein complex in the inner chloroplast membrane that functions as a motor to import proteins into the chloroplast. Components of the complex evolved from a ...

Photosynthesis takes place in specialized membrane systems, made up of stacked disks linked together by unstacked planar leaflets. A team of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich has now ...

According to Nevo, this was found by examining the chloroplast membranes under a cryo-scanning electron microscope and comparing the alignment of proteins in the membranes under light and darkness ...

A study led by LMU plant biologist Hans-Henning Kunz uncovers a new role for ion transporters: they participate in gene regulation in chloroplasts. In plants, photosynthesis takes place in ...