A 13-subunit c-ring in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast ATP synthase lowers the H⁺/ATP cost of carbon fixation
Katarzyna Lorencik, Sebastian Pintscher, Katherine H. Richardson, Hannah Takahashi, Matthew S. Proctor, Michał Rawski, Christopher Neil Hunter, Andrew Hitchcock, James N. Blaza, Matthew P. Johnson
This paper reports a 13-subunit c-ring in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast ATP synthase, which lowers the H+/ATP cost of carbon fixation compared to the 14-subunit structure in spinach.
bioRxiv · Sep 6, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry