A Synechococcus PCC7942 _ccmM (Cyanophyceae) mutant pseudoreverts to air growth without regaining carboxysomes

Date

2006

Authors

Emlyn-Jones, Daniel
Woodger, Fiona
Andrews, Thomas
Price, Graeme (Dean)
Whitney, Spencer

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

In the cyanobacteria, intracellular structures called carboxysomes function to concentrate CO2 around the relatively inefficient CO2-fixing enzyme RUBISCO. Mutants devoid of carboxysomes, such as the Synechococcus PCC7942 ΔccmM mutant, are able to grow a

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Keywords: accumulation; bicarbonate; carbon dioxide; cyanobacterium; enzyme; genomics; growth; inorganic carbon; mutation; phenotype; RNA; Cyanobacteria; Synechococcus Bicarbonate; Carbon-concentrating-mechanism (CCM); Carboxysome; Cyanobacteria; Mutant; Photosynthesis; Pseudorevertant; RUBISCO

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30524

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Phycology

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Journal article

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10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00236.x

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2037-12-31

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