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 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyanobacteria are the globally dominant photoautotrophic lineage. Their success is
dependent on a set of adaptations collectively termed the CO2-concentrating mechanism …

Advances in the bacterial organelles for CO2 fixation

LN Liu - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Carboxysomes are a family of bacterial microcompartments (BMCs), present in all
cyanobacteria and some proteobacteria, which encapsulate the primary CO 2-fixing …

A faster Rubisco with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops

MT Lin, A Occhialini, PJ Andralojc, MAJ Parry… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
In photosynthetic organisms, d-ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
(Rubisco) is the major enzyme assimilating atmospheric CO2 into the biosphere. Owing to …

Multivalent interactions between CsoS2 and Rubisco mediate α-carboxysome formation

LM Oltrogge, T Chaijarasphong, AW Chen… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments that function as the centerpiece of the
bacterial CO2-concentrating mechanism by facilitating high CO2 concentrations near the …

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 …

Diverse bacterial microcompartment organelles

C Chowdhury, S Sinha, S Chun… - Microbiology and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial microcompartments (MCPs) are sophisticated protein-based organelles used to
optimize metabolic pathways. They consist of metabolic enzymes encapsulated within a …

The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO2 fixation in crop species

GD Price, JJL Pengelly, B Forster, J Du… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Crop yields need to nearly double over the next 35 years to keep pace with projected
population growth. Improving photosynthesis, via a range of genetic engineering strategies …

Origins and diversity of eukaryotic CO2-concentrating mechanisms: lessons for the future

M Meyer, H Griffiths - Journal of experimental botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The importance of the eukaryotic algal CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) is considered
in terms of global productivity as well as molecular phylogeny and diversity. The three major …

Bioengineering of carbon fixation, biofuels, and biochemicals in cyanobacteria and plants

L Rosgaard, AJ de Porcellinis, JH Jacobsen… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Development of sustainable energy is a pivotal step towards solutions for today's global
challenges, including mitigating the progression of climate change and reducing …

Bacterial microcompartments: widespread prokaryotic organelles for isolation and optimization of metabolic pathways

TA Bobik, BP Lehman, TO Yeates - Molecular microbiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Prokaryotes use subcellular compartments for a variety of purposes. An intriguing example
is a family of complex subcellular organelles known as bacterial microcompartments (MCP …