Every plant cell is the product of a biological merger billions of years ago. Chloroplasts are key structures in plants and algae that capture sunlight, but originally they were free-living bacteria ...

A protein made by R. viridis carries a targeting signal that directs it into a chloroplast stolen from a green alga, where it functions as part of a protein complex. News organizations may use or ...

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 by ...