The pyrenoid, a single microcompartment of the chloroplasts of most algae and hornworts, is the major site of CO2 fixation. To compensate the limited availability of CO2 in aquatic environments due to slower CO2 diffusion in water than air, the RubisCO-containing pyrenoid is involved in a carbon con...
ORGANISM(S): Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
