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Unique insight into the interior of the Arabidopsis photosynthesis machine

Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:14 AM PDT

Researchers have, with the help of cryogenic electron microscopy, succeeded in producing a high-resolution image of photosystem II - the central complex of photosynthesis - of the model plant Arabidopsis. The enormous complex is responsible for the vital oxygen production in photosynthesis that once made life possible on our planet.