[HTML][HTML] A short history of RubisCO: the rise and fall (?) of Nature's predominant CO2 fixing enzyme

TJ Erb, J Zarzycki - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•RubisCO evolved into Nature's predominant CO 2-fixing enzyme in three distinct
steps.•RubisCO evolved from a non-CO 2-fixing ancestral enzyme into a true …

Molecular mechanism of Rubisco activase: Dynamic assembly and Rubisco remodeling

K Waheeda, H Kitchel, Q Wang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco) enzyme is the
limiting step of photosynthetic carbon fixation, and its activation is regulated by its co …

Enhancing photosynthetic biomass productivity of industrial oleaginous microalgae by overexpression of RuBisCO activase

L Wei, Q Wang, Y **n, Y Lu, J Xu - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic microalgae are promising cell factories for photosynthesis-driven CO 2
sequestration and oil production, however one key challenge has been to genetically …

Rubisco assembly in the chloroplast

A Vitlin Gruber, L Feiz - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) catalyzes the rate-limiting
step in the Calvin-Benson cycle, which transforms atmospheric carbon into a biologically …

Carbon Dioxide Concentration Mechanisms in Natural Populations of Marine Diatoms: Insights From Tara Oceans

JJ Pierella Karlusich, C Bowler, H Biswas - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine diatoms, the most successful photoautotrophs in the ocean, efficiently sequester a
significant part of atmospheric CO2 to the ocean interior through their participation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Diatoms for carbon sequestration and bio-based manufacturing

D Sethi, TO Butler, F Shuhaili, S Vaidyanathan - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas responsible for climate change. Diatoms,
a natural sink of atmospheric CO2, can be cultivated industrially in autotrophic and …

Enhancing crop yield by using Rubisco activase to improve photosynthesis under elevated temperatures

I Wijewardene, G Shen, H Zhang - Stress Biology, 2021 - Springer
With the rapid growth of world population, it is essential to increase agricultural productivity
to feed the growing population. Over the past decades, many methods have been used to …

A conserved sequence from heat-adapted species improves Rubisco activase thermostability in wheat

AP Scafaro, N Bautsoens, B Den Boer… - Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The central enzyme of photosynthesis, Rubisco, is regulated by Rubisco activase (Rca).
Photosynthesis is impaired during heat stress, and this limitation is often attributed to the …

Genomics-informed insights into endosymbiotic organelle evolution in photosynthetic eukaryotes

ECM Nowack, APM Weber - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The conversion of free-living cyanobacteria to photosynthetic organelles of eukaryotic cells
through endosymbiosis transformed the biosphere and eventually provided the basis for life …

The algal chloroplast as a testbed for synthetic biology designs aimed at radically rewiring plant metabolism

HO Jackson, HN Taunt, PM Mordaka… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable and economically viable support for an ever-increasing global population
requires a paradigm shift in agricultural productivity, including the application of …