Article
Rubisco small subunits from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas complement Rubisco-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2017
Atkinson Nicky, Leitão Nuno, Orr Douglas J, Meyer Moritz T, Carmo-Silva Elizabete, Griffiths Howard, Smith Alison M, McCormick Alistair J
Abstract excerpt
Introducing components of algal carbon concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) into higher plant chloroplasts could increase photosynthetic productivity. A key component is the Rubisco-containing pyrenoid that is needed to minimise CO2 retro-diffusion for CCM operating efficiency. Rubisco in Arabidopsis was re-engineered to incorporate sequence elements that are thought to be essential for recruitment of Rubisco to the...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Biocatalysis
- Chlamydomonas
- Chlorophyll
- Fluorescence
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Isoenzymes
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Photosynthesis
- Plant Leaves