Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

More insight into the process could improve crop productivity WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, ...

Membrane proteins are proteins found ... leveraged cryo-EM to solve the protein structure of the enzyme in complex with its lysosomal transporter LIMP-2. XPR1, a phosphate exporter, plays a ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists has captured the first live images. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...

Specialized transporters in the outer chloroplast membrane ... alphabet soup of plant proteins in controlled experiments using a model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The TOC33 protein lies at the ...