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 …

One step further toward a crop CO2-concentrating mechanism

J Findinier, AR Grossman - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article comments on: Förster B, Rourke LM, Weerasooriya HN, Pabuayon ICM, Rolland
V, Au EK, Bala S, Bajsa-Hirschel J, Kaines S, Kasili RW, LaPlace LM, Machingura MC …

The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast envelope protein LCIA transports bicarbonate in planta

B Förster, LM Rourke, HN Weerasooriya… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
LCIA (low CO2-inducible protein A) is a chloroplast envelope protein associated with the
CO2-concentrating mechanism of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. LCIA is …

Small structural differences govern the carbonic anhydrase II inhibition activity of cytotoxic triterpene acetazolamide conjugates

TC Denner, N Heise, J Zacharias, O Kraft, S Hoenke… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acetylated triterpenoids betulin, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and glycyrrhetinic acid were
converted into their succinyl-spacered acetazolamide conjugates. These conjugates were …

LCIB functions as a carbonic anhydrase: evidence from yeast and Arabidopsis carbonic anhydrase knockout mutants

RW Kasili, AK Rai, JV Moroney - Photosynthesis Research, 2023 - Springer
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii evolved a CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) because of
the limited CO2 in its natural environment. One critical component of the C. reinhardtii CCM …

A Carbonic Anhydrase, ZmCA4, Contributes to Photosynthetic Efficiency and Modulates CO2 Signaling Gene Expression by Interacting with Aquaporin ZmPIP2;6 in …

L Zhou, X Xiang, D Ji, Q Chen, T Ma… - Plant and Cell …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyzes the reversible CO2 hydration reaction that produces
bicarbonate for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC). This is the initial step for …

OsαCA1 affects photosynthesis, yield potential, and water use efficiency in rice

Y He, W Duan, B Xue, X Cong, P Sun, X Hou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant growth and crop yield are essentially determined by photosynthesis when considering
carbon dioxide (CO2) availability. CO2 diffusion inside a leaf is one of the factors that dictate …

Engineering the cyanobacterial ATP-driven BCT1 bicarbonate transporter for functional targeting to C3 plant chloroplasts

S Rottet, LM Rourke, ICM Pabuayon… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The ATP-driven bicarbonate transporter 1 (BCT1), a four-component complex in the
cyanobacterial CO2-concentrating mechanism, could enhance photosynthetic CO2 …

Rewiring of primary metabolism for ammonium recycling under short-term low CO2 treatment – its implication for C4 evolution

F Miao, Y Wang, NUI Haq, MJA Lyu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The dramatic decrease in atmospheric CO2 concentration during Oligocene was proposed
as directly linked to C4 evolution. However, it remains unclear how the decreased CO2 …

Carbonic anhydrases in the cell wall and plasma membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana are required for optimal plant growth on low CO2

HN Weerasooriya, DJ Longstreth… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Plants have many genes encoding both alpha and beta type carbonic
anhydrases. Arabidopsis has eight alpha type and six beta type carbonic anhydrase genes …