Mackinder, Luke orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-3233 (2018) The Chlamydomonas CO2-concentrating mechanism and its potential for engineering photosynthesis in plants. New Phytologist. ISSN 1469-8137
Abstract
To meet the food demands of a rising global population, innovative strategies are required to increase crop yields. Improvements in plant photosynthesis by genetic engineering show considerable potential towards this goal. One prospective approach is to introduce a CO2-concentrating mechanism into crop plants to increase carbon fixation by supplying the central carbon-fixing enzyme, Rubisco, with a higher concentration of its substrate, CO2. A promising donor organism for the molecular machinery of this mechanism is the eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This review summarizes the recent advances in our understanding of carbon concentration in Chlamydomonas, outlines the most pressing gaps in our knowledge and discusses strategies to transfer a CO2-concentrating mechanism into higher plants to increase photosynthetic performance.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ‘The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137’ |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2017 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 13:59 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14749 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/nph.14749 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120504 |
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