Installation of C4 photosynthetic pathway enzymes in rice using a single construct

M Ermakova, S Arrivault, R Giuliani… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction of a C4 photosynthetic mechanism into C3 crops offers an opportunity to
improve photosynthetic efficiency, biomass and yield in addition to potentially improving …

Deregulation of feedback inhibition of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase for improved lysine production in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Z Chen, RR Bommareddy, D Frank… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Allosteric regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) controls the metabolic flux
distribution of anaplerotic pathways. In this study, the feedback inhibition of …

Differential expression, tissue-specific distribution, and posttranslational controls of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

L Caburatan, J Park - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a ubiquitous cytosolic enzyme, which is crucial
for plant carbon metabolism. PEPC participates in photosynthesis by catalyzing the initial …

Best practice procedures for the establishment of a C4 cycle in transgenic C3 plants

C Peterhansel - Journal of experimental botany, 2011 - academic.oup.com
C4 plants established a mechanism for the concentration of CO2 in the vicinity of ribulose-1,
5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in order to saturate the enzyme with substrate and …

Greater efficiency of photosynthetic carbon fixation due to single amino-acid substitution

JK Paulus, D Schlieper, G Groth - Nature Communications, 2013 - nature.com
The C4-photosynthetic carbon cycle is an elaborated addition to the classical C3-
photosynthetic pathway, which improves solar conversion efficiency. The key enzyme in this …

A single serine to alanine substitution decreases bicarbonate affinity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in C4Flaveria trinervia

RJ DiMario, AB Cousins - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Phospho enol pyruvate (PEP) carboxylase (PEPc) catalyzes the first committed step of C4
photosynthesis generating oxaloacetate from bicarbonate (HCO3−) and PEP. It is …

Binding Sites of Bicarbonate in Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase

N Chéron - Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is used in plant metabolism for fruit maturation or
seed development as well as in the C4 and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) …

Enhanced drought tolerance and photosynthetic efficiency in Arabidopsis by overexpressing phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from a single-cell C4 halophyte …

C Li, J Wang, H Lan, Q Yu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In crop genetic improvement, the introduction of C4 plants' characteristics, known for high
photosynthetic efficiency and water utilization, into C3 plants has been a significant …

Multiple highly expressed phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase genes have divergent enzyme kinetic properties in two C4 grasses

RJ DiMario, AN Kophs, AJA Apalla… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Phospho enol pyruvate (PEP) carboxylase (PEPC) catalyses
the irreversible carboxylation of PEP with bicarbonate to produce oxaloacetate. This reaction …

Comparison of Plant-Type Phospho enol pyruvate Carboxylases from Rice: Identification of Two Plant-Specific Regulatory Regions of the Allosteric …

M Muramatsu, R Suzuki, T Yamazaki… - Plant and Cell …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Phospho enol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a key enzyme of primary metabolism in
bacteria, algae and vascular plants, and it undergoes allosteric regulation by various …