Scientists at The University of Tokyo have integrated chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles found in plants and algae ...

The experiment hinges on a key element: chloroplasts. These organelles, present in plants, convert sunlight into energy usable by the cell. Until now, it was believed they could only function in plant ...

Yang Wenqiang's team from the Institute of Botany is published in Molecular Plant. The Orf2971-FtsHi complex is a structure with 20 subunits formed by 19 proteins, spanning the chloroplast inner ...

Time-lapse observations of 3D-reconstructed chloroplast morphology in Arabidopsis mesophyll cells accumulating chloroplast stroma–targeted fluorescent markers. A leaf from a plant accumulating ...

The authors demonstrated that carbon depletion triggers the autophagy-dependent formation of Rubisco Containing Bodies, which contain chloroplast stroma material, but exclude thylakoids. The authors ...

Scientists create solar-powered animal cells using chloroplasts. Hybrid cells show enhanced growth and photosynthesis activity. Breakthrough may lead to sustainable tissue engineering.

The problem, however, is that animals’ immune systems tend to destroy chloroplasts the moment they are introduced into their cells, which is why no one has ever managed to get them to stick before.

Aside from being seem as "alien" material, the chloroplasts themselves struggle to function in the environment of an animal cell. "Almost all algae and plant species photosynthesize under 30 ...

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It was long known that chloroplasts retain their photosynthetic activities even after being separated from the plant. Therefore, many researchers tried to incorporate chloroplasts into the cells of ...

More information: Sarah A Pfaff et al, The structure and interaction of polymers affects secondary cell wall banding patterns in Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae233 ...

In a field that has historically focused on distinct roles of plant and animal cells, the idea of implanting chloroplasts – organelles in plants and algae that convert sunlight into energy – into ...