Ferredoxin is a pivotal iron–sulphur protein that functions as an electron carrier in the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Within chloroplasts, photosystem I reduces ferredoxin, which in turn ...

In an article published in the journal Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Alicia Kowaltowski, full professor at the University ...

A paper by scientists affiliated with the University of São Paulo highlights new discoveries regarding the mechanisms of oxidative phosphorylation involved in ATP production. Recent studies have ...

Many cells can use oxygen or nutrients to generate fuel, and the process is similar in many organisms that use an electron transport chain. But scientists have found that in a tiny organism, things ...

When exploring the origins of life, scientists primarily use a “bottom-up” or “top-down” approach, a reference to analyzing pre-life or post-life Earth. A new study by scientists from Oberlin College ...