date:Dec 27, 2019
how cytochrome b6f utilises the electrical current passing through it to power up a 'proton battery'. This stored energy can then be then used to make ATP, the energy currency of living cells. Ultimately this reaction provides the energy that plants need to turn carbon dioxide into the carbohydrates and biomass that sustain the global food chain.
The high-resolution structural model, determined using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, reveals new details of the additional role of cytoch