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CHLOROPLAST RIBOSOME STRUCTURE

Translating photosynthesis

Nature Plants volume 4, pages 199–200 (2018)Cite this article

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Chloroplasts contain their own genomes and genetic systems. Their ribosomes synthesize conserved core proteins in photosynthesis. A complete chloroplast ribosome structure now reveals features convergent with those of ribosomes in mitochondria.

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Fig. 1: Convergent evolution of gene content for proteins made in chloroplasts and mitochondria.

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Allen, J.F. Translating photosynthesis. Nature Plants 4, 199–200 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0132-y

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