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Rubisco activity and regulation as targets for crop improvement

Date

Authors

Parry, Martin

Andralojc, P. John

Scales, Joanna C

Salvucci, Michael E

Carmo- Silva, A. Elizabete

Alonso, Hernan

Whitney, Spencer

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase) enables net carbon fixation through the carboxylation of RuBP. However, some characteristics of Rubisco make it surprisingly inefficient and compromise photosynthetic productivity. For examp

Keywords

Keywords: ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase; vegetable protein; crop; enzymology; gene expression regulation; genetics; growth, development and aging; metabolism; photosynthesis; review; Crops, Agricultural; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression R Chloroplast; Photosynthesis; Regulation; Rubisco; Rubisco activase; Specificity; Transformation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55155

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Experimental Botany

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/jxb/ers336

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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