Open AccessThe Prospect of Using Cyanobacterial Bicarbonate Transporters to Improve Leaf Photosynthesis in C3 Crop Plants
Author(s) -
G. Dean Price,
Murray R. Badger,
Susanne von Caemmerer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.110.164681
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , rubisco , cyanobacteria , crop , botany , biology , bicarbonate , c4 photosynthesis , agronomy , bacteria , genetics , endocrinology
The photosynthetic CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco arose some 3.5 billion years ago, in an environment when CO2 was high and oxygen (O2) was low. Under these conditions, it was CO2 saturated and presumably performed well ([Badger et al., 1998][1]). However, since the advent of oxygenic photosynthesis, the
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