Researchers have long theorized that the evolution of complex life forms began when one cell engulfed another and the two formed a single entity. In a new study “Engineering artificial photosynthetic life-forms through endosymbiosis” published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists reported that they have recapitulated this early event, called endosymbiosis, in yeast, and they foresee applications in synthetic biology.
“We have designed and engineered artificial, genetically tractable, photosynthetic endosymbiosis between photosynthetic cyanobacteria and budding yeasts,” said Angad Mehta, PhD, who led the research as professor of chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “And the engineered cyanobacteria perform chloroplast-like functions to support the growth of the yeast.”

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GEN, 22.05.03

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