The role of proteins in C(3) plants prior to their recruitment into the C(4) pathway
Our most productive crops and native vegetation use a modified version of photosynthesis known as the C(4) pathway. Leaves of C(4) crops have increased nitrogen and water use efficiencies compared with C(3) species. Although the modifications to leaves of C(4) plants are complex, their faster growth...
| Publié dans: | Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 62(2011), 9 vom: 14. Mai, Seite 3049-59 |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2011
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| Accès à la collection: | Journal of experimental botany |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Plant Proteins Water 059QF0KO0R Carbon Dioxide 142M471B3J Malate Dehydrogenase EC 1.1.1.37 plus... |
| Résumé: | Our most productive crops and native vegetation use a modified version of photosynthesis known as the C(4) pathway. Leaves of C(4) crops have increased nitrogen and water use efficiencies compared with C(3) species. Although the modifications to leaves of C(4) plants are complex, their faster growth led to the proposal that C(4) photosynthesis should be installed in C(3) crops in order to increase yield potential. Typically, a limited set of proteins become restricted to mesophyll or bundle sheath cells, and this allows CO(2) to be concentrated around the primary carboxylase RuBisCO. The role that these proteins play in C(3) species prior to their recruitment into the C(4) pathway is addressed here. Understanding the role of these proteins in C(3) plants is likely to be of use in predicting how the metabolism of a C(3) leaf will alter as components of the C(4) pathway are introduced as part of efforts to install characteristics of C(4) photosynthesis in leaves of C(3) crops |
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| Description: | Date Completed 18.10.2012 Date Revised 29.05.2025 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1460-2431 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jxb/err012 |