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_Tokyo Institute of Technology

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(up) Schematics of the artificial photosynthetic cell encapsulating artificial organelle consists of ATP synthase and bacteriorhodopsin. The artificial organelle synthesizes ATP by light illumination. The photosynthesized ATP was consumed for transcription, GTP synthesis, or translation.

(below) Microscopy image of artificial cell photosynthesizing GFP by light. Bar: 10 µm. The membrane of the artificial cell labeled by fluorescent lipid (red). The histogram of fluorescent intensity of the selected artificial cell are shown as inset graph.

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<i>Nature Communications</i>

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