Endosymbiosis, the process by which one organism engulfed another and integrated its DNA and functions into itself rather ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within chloroplasts, shedding light on a key event in the evolution of plant life. Led ...

Like mitochondria, chloroplasts are surrounded by two membranes. The outer membrane is permeable to small organic molecules, whereas the inner membrane is less permeable and studded with transport ...

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.

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 ...

TO THE RESCUE Chloroplasts (blue) squeeze between the plant cell membrane (magenta, line) and one of the Irish potato famine microbe’s invading fingerlike haustorium (magenta, circles).

A mechanism regulating chloroplast development in plants has been identified, involving the TOC complex in the chloroplast outer membrane. A specific amino acid in the TOC33 protein, ...

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 diagram showing changes in the spatial structure of chloroplast membranes during the transition from darkness (top) to light (bottom). Credit: Nature Plants (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01628-9 ...

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 ...