Sharwood, RobertLong, Benedict2023-10-222023-10-22978-3-030-64926-5http://hdl.handle.net/1885/303450Agricultural crop production must significantly increase in the next 30 years to ensure supply of enough nutritious food for the burgeoning global population. However, increasing variability in global climates and reductions in arable land are placing significant pressure on crop production. Most of the key food production crops such as wheat, rice, soybean and barley operate C3 photosynthetic biochemistry that is often limited by the efficiency of CO2 fixation, underpinned by the enzyme Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase).application/pdfen-AU© 2021 The authorsSynthetic biologyAgricultureCarbon fixationPhotorespirationElevated CO2 concentrationsCarbon dioxideClimate changeClimate warmingTemperatureThermal sensitivityDroughtCarbon concentrating mechanismsRubiscoRibulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenaseRubisco activaseRubisco-dependenct E. coliCarboxylation efficiencyEnzyme specifictyCarboxysomesGlobal change biology202110.1007/978-3-030-64926-5_112022-08-14