Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a novel mouse model that allows them to induce dysfunction in only ...

Malaria is a life-threatening disease affecting people globally. It is spread by mosquitoes carrying Plasmodium parasites ...

The metabolite itaconate is a transcriptional and posttranslational modulator of plant metabolism, development, and stress response. Science Advances. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt7463.

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation. Itaconate is classified ...

When activated, it inhibits ethylene signaling; when deactivated, it promotes the signaling. Surprisingly, Yoon said, the function of CTR1 in regulating TOC function is an ethylene-independent ...

In the plant, then, lysine gets converted to pipecolic acid, and then this enzyme converts it to P6C, or Δ1-piperideine-6-carboxylic acid, yet another step in the lysine catabolism pathway.

Challenges remain: Chloroplasts need a steady supply of proteins from the cell. “Animal cells, however, don’t have the necessary genes to make and transport these proteins, so chloroplasts ...

Researchers say they have successfully cultivated animal cells that draw energy through photosynthesis.Previously believed impossible, experts accomplished the first-of-its-kind feat thanks to two ...

The cells driving the tissue are a plant-animal hybrid that can gain energy from sunlight in the same way that plants do, the researchers explain in the study. Both animals and plants derive ...

Aside from being seem as "alien" material, the chloroplasts themselves struggle to function in the environment of an animal cell. "Almost all algae and plant species photosynthesize under 30 ...

Animal and plant cells have different energy-producing structures inside them. For animals, that’s mitochondria , which convert chemical energy from food into a form that our cells can use.

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and ...