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Absence of carbonic anhydrase in chloroplasts affects C3 plant development but not photosynthesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Aug 2021
Hines Kevin M, Chaudhari Vishalsingh, Edgeworth Kristen N, Owens Thomas G, Hanson Maureen R
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA), which catalyzes the interconversion of bicarbonate with carbon dioxide (CO2) and water, has been hypothesized to play a role in C3 photosynthesis. We identified two tobacco stromal CAs, β-CA1 and β-CA5, and produced CRISPR/Cas9 mutants affecting their encoding genes. While single knockout lines Δβ-ca1 and Δβ-ca5 had no striking phenotypic differences compared to wild type (WT)...
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