Chloroplasts are central to solar light harvesting and photosynthesis. Optimal chloroplast
functioning is vitally dependent on a very intensive traffic of metabolites and ions between …

Highlights•Improvement of photosynthesis in C 3 crop plants is needed to secure future
yields.•Cyanobacterial CO 2-concentrating mechanisms are a potential source to …

Chloroplasts originated about three billion years ago by endosymbiosis of an ancestor of
today's cyanobacteria with a mitochondria-containing host cell. During evolution …

Glycerolipid synthesis in plant cells is characterized by an intense trafficking of lipids
between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and chloroplasts. Initially, fatty acids are …

Ions play fundamental roles in all living cells, and their gradients are often essential to fuel
transport, regulate enzyme activities, and transduce energy within cells. Regulation of their …

During evolution, chloroplasts, which originated by endosymbiosis of a prokaryotic ancestor
of today's cyanobacteria with a eukaryotic host cell, were established as the site for …

Abstract Sequencing of RNA (RNA-Seq) was invented approximately 1 decade ago and has
since revolutionized biological research. This update provides a brief historic perspective on …

Chloroplasts, mitochondria and vacuoles represent characteristic organelles of the plant
cell, with a predominant function in cellular metabolism. Chloroplasts are the site of …

Chloroplast is a semi-autonomous organelle in plants and other photosynthetic eukaryotes,
playing a fundamental role of regulating photosynthesis. It is also responsible for sustaining …

Photosynthesis is among the first processes negatively affected by environmental cues and
its performance directly determines plant cell fitness and ultimately crop yield. Primarily sites …