Princeton researchers discover how Rubisco self-assembles (IMAGE)

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Princeton researchers discover how Rubisco self-assembles

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Princeton researchers have discovered that the algal pyrenoid, which concentrates carbon dioxide for the enzyme Rubisco, self-assembles through interactions between Rubisco and other pyrenoid proteins containing a motif. Here, an electron micrograph of an algal cell, with parts of the pyrenoid labeled.

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Image by Meyer et al.

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