New horizons for building pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in plants to improve yields

L Adler, A Díaz-Ramos, Y Mao, KR Pukacz… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Many photosynthetic species have evolved CO2-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) to
improve the efficiency of CO2 assimilation by Rubisco and reduce the negative impacts of …

Here comes the sun: How optimization of photosynthetic light reactions can boost crop yields

J Walter, J Kromdijk - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis started to evolve some 3.5 billion years ago CO2 is the substrate for
photosynthesis and in the past 200–250 years, atmospheric levels have approximately …

Plant-based carboxysomes: another step toward increased crop yields

ND Nguyen, SB Pulsford, BM Long - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Synthetically reconstructed carboxysomes form the basis of CO 2-concentrating
mechanisms (CCMs) that could enhance the photosynthetic efficiency of crops and improve …

Role of carboxysomes in cyanobacterial CO2 assimilation: CO2 concentrating mechanisms and metabolon implications

CA Huffine, R Zhao, YJ Tang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many carbon‐fixing organisms have evolved CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) to
enhance the delivery of CO2 to RuBisCO, while minimizing reactions with the competitive …

Probing the internal pH and permeability of a carboxysome shell

J Huang, Q Jiang, M Yang, GF Dykes… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The carboxysome is a protein-based nanoscale organelle in cyanobacteria and many
proteobacteria, which encapsulates the key CO2-fixing enzymes ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate …

A carboxysome‐based CO2 concentrating mechanism for C3 crop chloroplasts: advances and the road ahead

ND Nguyen, SB Pulsford, B Förster, S Rottet… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of the carboxysome‐based CO2 concentrating mechanism (CCM) into crop
plants has been modelled to significantly increase crop yields. This projection serves as …

Chloroplast-inspired microenvironment engineering of inverse opal structured IO-TiO2/Chl/IL for highly efficient CO2 photolytic reduction to CH4

L Zhou, H He, M Tao, Y Muhammad, W Gong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low CO 2 capture and sunlight utilization, rapid recombination of photocarriers restrict
application of TiO 2 photocatalyst in CO 2 photoreduction. Herein, inverse opal structured IO …

Towards engineering a hybrid carboxysome

ND Nguyen, SB Pulsford, WY Hee, BD Rae… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments, whose structural features enable the
encapsulated Rubisco holoenzyme to operate in a high-CO2 environment. Consequently …

Role of regulatory pathways and multi-omics approaches for carbon capture and mitigation in cyanobacteria

N Kumar, S Kar, P Shukla - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are known for their metabolic potential and carbon capture and sequestration
capabilities. These cyanobacteria are not only an effective source for carbon minimization …

[HTML][HTML] The occurrence of positive selection on BicA transporter of Microcystis aeruginosa

EJ Kim, H Doh, J Yang, S Eyun - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid growth of cyanobacteria, particularly Microcystis aeruginosa, poses a significant
threat to global water security. The proliferation of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa raises …