Feeding the world: improving photosynthetic efficiency for sustainable crop production

AJ Simkin, PE López-Calcagno… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
A number of recent studies have provided strong support demonstrating that improving the
photosynthetic processes through genetic engineering can provide an avenue to improve …

Photorespiration in the context of Rubisco biochemistry, CO2 diffusion and metabolism

FA Busch - The Plant Journal, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photorespiratory metabolism is essential for plants to maintain functional photosynthesis in
an oxygen‐containing environment. Because the oxygenation reaction of Rubisco is …

Carbon/nitrogen homeostasis control in cyanobacteria

K Forchhammer, KA Selim - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Carbon/nitrogen (C/N) balance sensing is a key requirement for the
maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Therefore, cyanobacteria have evolved a …

Ecological Aspects of the Distribution of Different Autotrophic CO2 Fixation Pathways

IA Berg - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2011‏ - journals.asm.org
Autotrophic CO2 fixation represents the most important biosynthetic process in biology.
Besides the well-known Calvin-Benson cycle, five other totally different autotrophic …

Functions, Compositions, and Evolution of the Two Types of Carboxysomes: Polyhedral Microcompartments That Facilitate CO2 Fixation in Cyanobacteria and Some …

BD Rae, BM Long, MR Badger… - … and molecular biology …, 2013‏ - journals.asm.org
Cyanobacteria are the globally dominant photoautotrophic lineage. Their success is
dependent on a set of adaptations collectively termed the CO2-concentrating mechanism …

Metabolic engineering of Cupriavidus necator H16 for sustainable biofuels from CO2

J Panich, B Fong, SW Singer - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021‏ - cell.com
Decelerating global warming is one of the predominant challenges of our time and will
require conversion of CO 2 to usable products and commodity chemicals. Of particular …

[HTML][HTML] Photosynthetic, respiratory and extracellular electron transport pathways in cyanobacteria

DJ Lea-Smith, P Bombelli, R Vasudevan… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria have evolved elaborate electron transport pathways to carry out
photosynthesis and respiration, and to dissipate excess energy in order to limit cellular …

[HTML][HTML] Replacing the Calvin cycle with the reductive glycine pathway in Cupriavidus necator

NJ Claassens, G Bordanaba-Florit, CAR Cotton… - Metabolic …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Formate can be directly produced from CO 2 and renewable electricity, making it a
promising microbial feedstock for sustainable bioproduction. Cupriavidus necator is one of …

Photorespiration: players, partners and origin

H Bauwe, M Hagemann, AR Fernie - Trends in plant science, 2010‏ - cell.com
Photorespiratory metabolism allows plants to thrive in a high-oxygen containing
environment. This metabolic pathway recycles phosphoglycolate, a toxic compound, back to …

Humboldt Review: Photorespiration–Rubisco's repair crew

H Bauwe - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The photorespiratory repair pathway (photorespiration in short) was set up from ancient
metabolic modules about three billion years ago in cyanobacteria, the later ancestors of …