How a carbon-fixing organelle forms via phase separation

ScienceDaily
Sep 12, 2019, 1:44 pm157 pts
Algae remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis thanks to an organelle called the pyrenoid, which boosts the efficiency of carbon-fixation. Researchers have known that the pyrenoid forms via a process of phase separation, the same process that causes oil to cluster into…

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