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Rubisco small-subunit α-helices control pyrenoid formation in Chlamydomonas.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Nov 2012
Meyer Moritz T, Genkov Todor, Skepper Jeremy N, Jouhet Juliette, Mitchell Madeline C, Spreitzer Robert J, Griffiths Howard
Abstract excerpt
The pyrenoid is a subcellular microcompartment in which algae sequester the primary carboxylase, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco). The pyrenoid is associated with a CO(2)-concentrating mechanism (CCM), which improves the operating efficiency of carbon assimilation and overcomes diffusive limitations in aquatic photosynthesis. Using the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we show that...
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