Metabolic Engineering Towards the Enhancement of Photosynthesis

• Published in: Photochemistry and photobiology Vol. 84; no. 6; pp. 1317 - 1323
• Main Authors: Peterhansel, Christoph, Niessen, Markus, Kebeish, Rashad M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2008
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Carbon dioxide; Crops; Electron Transport; Energy resources; Environmental conditions; Enzymes; Genetic engineering; Humans; Molecules; Oxygen Consumption; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases - metabolism; Photosynthesis; Plant growth; Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase - metabolism; Rice; Studies; Substrate Specificity

Photosynthetic capacity is a promising target for metabolic engineering of crop plants towards higher productivity. Crop photosynthesis is limited by multiple factors dependent on the environmental conditions. This includes photosynthetic electron transport, regeneration of CO2 acceptor molecules in...