[HTML][HTML] Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering

H Daniell, CS Lin, M Yu, WJ Chang - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

The CO2 concentrating mechanism and photosynthetic carbon assimilation in limiting CO2: how Chlamydomonas works against the gradient

Y Wang, DJ Stessman, MH Spalding - The Plant Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The CO 2 concentrating mechanism (CCM) represents an effective strategy for carbon
acquisition that enables microalgae to survive and proliferate when the CO 2 concentration …

Lipid exchange envelope penetration (LEEP) of nanoparticles for plant engineering: a universal localization mechanism

MH Wong, RP Misra, JP Giraldo, SY Kwak, Y Son… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles offer clear advantages for both passive and active penetration into
biologically important membranes. However, the uptake and localization mechanism of …

Improving photosynthesis, plant productivity and abiotic stress tolerance–current trends and future perspectives

B Nowicka, J Ciura, R Szymańska, J Kruk - Journal of plant physiology, 2018 - Elsevier
With unfavourable climate changes and an increasing global population, there is a great
need for more productive and stress-tolerant crops. As traditional methods of crop …

Prospects for Engineering Biophysical CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms into Land Plants to Enhance Yields

JH Hennacy, MC Jonikas - Annual review of plant biology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Although cyanobacteria and algae represent a small fraction of the biomass of all primary
producers, their photosynthetic activity accounts for roughly half of the daily CO2 fixation that …

The many types of carbonic anhydrases in photosynthetic organisms

RJ DiMario, MC Machingura, GL Waldrop, JV Moroney - Plant science, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are enzymes that catalyze the interconversion of CO 2 and HCO
3−. In nature, there are multiple families of CA, designated with the Greek letters α through θ …

Manipulating photorespiration to increase plant productivity: recent advances and perspectives for crop improvement

M Betti, H Bauwe, FA Busch, AR Fernie… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Recycling of the 2-phosphoglycolate generated by the oxygenase reaction of Rubisco
requires a complex and energy-consuming set of reactions collectively known as the …

Improving photosynthesis through the enhancement of Rubisco carboxylation capacity

C Iñiguez, P Aguiló-Nicolau… - Biochemical Society …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Rising human population, along with the reduction in arable land and the impacts of global
change, sets out the need for continuously improving agricultural resource use efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Plastid transformation: how does it work? Can it be applied to crops? What can it offer?

Y Yu, PC Yu, WJ Chang, K Yu, CS Lin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, plant genetic engineering has advanced agriculture in terms of crop
improvement, stress and disease resistance, and pharmaceutical biosynthesis. Cells from …

Molecular mechanism underlying transport and allosteric inhibition of bicarbonate transporter SbtA

S Fang, X Huang, X Zhang, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
SbtA is a high-affinity, sodium-dependent bicarbonate transporter found in the
cyanobacterial CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM). SbtA forms a complex with SbtB …