SBE1 drives the circumferential growth of the starch sheath around the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii pyrenoid
Micah I. Burton, Haoyu Wu, Lianyong Wang, Jessica H. Hennacy, Martin C. Jonikas
The paper investigates how starch granules form a sheath around the pyrenoid in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and identifies SBE1 as essential for circumferential growth.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology