Enhancing C3 photosynthesis: an outlook on feasible interventions for crop improvement

Introduction of a Synthetic CO2-fixing Photorespiratory Bypass into a Cyanobacterium

(2014) Patrick M. Shih et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Natural variation in photosynthetic capacity, growth, and yield in 64 field-grown wheat genotypes

(2014) S. M. Driever et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Do the Rich Always Become Richer? Characterizing the Leaf Physiological Response of the High-Yielding Rice Cultivar Takanari to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment

(2014) Charles P. Chen et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Expanding knowledge of the Rubisco kinetics variability in plant species: environmental and evolutionary trends

(2014) JERONI GALMÉS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of Rubisco Activase Genes in Maize: An  -Isoform Gene Functions alongside a  -Isoform Gene

(2014) Z. Yin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Can the Cyanobacterial Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism Increase Photosynthesis in Crop Species? A Theoretical Analysis

(2014) J. M. McGrath et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Stability-activity tradeoffs constrain the adaptive evolution of RubisCO

(2014) Romain A. Studer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Field-omics—understanding large-scale molecular data from field crops

(2014) Erik Alexandersson et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A novel RNA binding protein affects rbcL gene expression and is specific to bundle sheath chloroplasts in C4 plants

(2013) Shaun M Bowman et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Spectral expansion and antenna reduction can enhance photosynthesis for energy production

(2013) Robert E Blankenship et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Optimal crop canopy architecture to maximise canopy photosynthetic CO2 uptake under elevated CO2 ? a theoretical study using a mechanistic model of canopy photosynthesis

(2013) Qingfeng Song et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Genetic analysis of agronomic traits associated with plant architecture by QTL mapping in maize

(2013) Z.P. Zheng et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Small Oligomers of Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Activase Are Required for Biological Activity

(2013) Jeremy R. Keown et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Will C3 crops enhanced with the C4 CO2-concentrating mechanism live up to their full potential (yield)?

(2013) Steven M. Driever et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The mesophyll anatomy enhancing CO2 diffusion is a key trait for improving rice photosynthesis

(2013) Shunsuke Adachi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Variation in Rubisco activase (RCAβ) gene promoters and expression in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]

(2013) Maoni Chao et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

(2013) Julian I. Schroeder et al.   NATURE

SWEET sugar transporters for phloem transport and pathogen nutrition

(2013) Li-Qing Chen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Maintaining photosynthetic CO2 fixation via protein remodelling: the Rubisco activases

(2013) Oliver Mueller-Cajar et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Activation of interspecies-hybrid Rubisco enzymes to assess different models for the Rubisco–Rubisco activase interaction

(2013) Rebekka M. Wachter et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Substitutions at the opening of the Rubisco central solvent channel affect holoenzyme stability and CO2/O2 specificity but not activation by Rubisco activase

(2013) M. Gloria Esquivel et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Can exploiting natural genetic variation in leaf photosynthesis contribute to increasing rice productivity? A simulation analysis

(2013) JUNFEI GU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The Regulatory Properties of Rubisco Activase Differ among Species and Affect Photosynthetic Induction during Light Transitions

(2013) A. E. Carmo-Silva et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photorespiration and the Evolution of C4Photosynthesis

(2012) Rowan F. Sage et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Rerouting Carbon Flux To Enhance Photosynthetic Productivity

(2012) Daniel C. Ducat et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional analysis of the rice rubisco activase promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2012) Zhipan Yang et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Integrating C4 photosynthesis into C3 crops to increase yield potential

(2012) Sarah Covshoff et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering specialized metabolic pathways—is there a room for enzyme improvements?

(2012) Arren Bar-Even et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Improving carbon fixation pathways

(2012) Daniel C Ducat et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Elements of a dynamic systems model of canopy photosynthesis

(2012) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Chloroplast transformation for engineering of photosynthesis

(2012) Maureen R. Hanson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Cyanobacterial-based approaches to improving photosynthesis in plants

(2012) Jan Zarzycki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Physiological basis of genetic variation in leaf photosynthesis among rice (Oryza sativa L.) introgression lines under drought and well-watered conditions

(2012) Junfei Gu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Increased fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase in plastids enhances growth and photosynthesis of tobacco plants

(2012) Kimio Uematsu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Photorespiratory bypasses: how can they work?

(2012) Christoph Peterhansel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO2 fixation in crop species

(2012) G. Dean Price et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Rubisco activity and regulation as targets for crop improvement

(2012) M. A. J. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and light signalling in defence responses

(2012) S. Kangasjarvi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

FLASH assembly of TALENs for high-throughput genome editing

(2012) Deepak Reyon et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

High-efficiency TALEN-based gene editing produces disease-resistant rice

(2012) Ting Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Overexpression of Rubisco Activase Decreases the Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation Rate by Reducing Rubisco Content in Rice Leaves

(2012) Hiroshi Fukayama et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Mesophyll conductance: constraint on carbon acquisition by C3plants

(2012) Thomas D. Sharkey   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

e-photosynthesis: a comprehensive dynamic mechanistic model of C3 photosynthesis: from light capture to sucrose synthesis

(2012) XIN-GUANG ZHU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Virtual Special Issue (VSI) on mechanisms of plant response to global atmospheric change

(2012) Stephen P. Long   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Photosynthetic responses of soybean (Glycine maxL.) to heat-induced electrical signalling are predominantly governed by modifications of mesophyll conductance for CO2

(2012) ALEXANDER GALLÉ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Temperature response of carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance in tobacco

(2012) JOHN R. EVANS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

C3plants enhance rates of photosynthesis by reassimilating photorespired and respired CO2

(2012) FLORIAN A. BUSCH et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Variable mesophyll conductance revisited: theoretical background and experimental implications

(2012) DANNY THOLEN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Rubisco activase is a key regulator of non-steady-state photosynthesis at any leaf temperature and, to a lesser extent, of steady-state photosynthesis at high temperature

(2012) Wataru Yamori et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Light Intensity-Dependent Modulation of Chlorophyll b Biosynthesis and Photosynthesis by Overexpression of Chlorophyllide a Oxygenase in Tobacco

(2012) A. K. Biswal et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photosynthetic Characteristics of Antisense Transgenic Rice Expressing Reduced Levels of Rubisco Activase

(2012) Chisato Masumoto et al.   PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: An unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

(2012) Jaume Flexas et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The temperature response of CO2 assimilation, photochemical activities and Rubisco activation in Camelina sativa, a potential bioenergy crop with limited capacity for acclimation to heat stress

(2012) A. Elizabete Carmo-Silva et al.   PLANTA

How Can the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis be Improved in Plants?

(2012) Dario Leister   Frontiers in Plant Science

Transgenic Introduction of a Glycolate Oxidative Cycle into A. thaliana Chloroplasts Leads to Growth Improvement

(2012) Alexandra Maier et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

2-Carboxy-D-arabinitol 1-phosphate (CA1P) phosphatase: evidence for a wider role in plant Rubisco regulation

(2011) Paul John Andralojc et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

An engineered pathway for glyoxylate metabolism in tobacco plants aimed to avoid the release of ammonia in photorespiration

(2011) Josirley de FC Carvalho et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Over-expressing the C3 photosynthesis cycle enzyme Sedoheptulose-1-7 Bisphosphatase improves photosynthetic carbon gain and yield under fully open air CO2 fumigation (FACE)

(2011) David M Rosenthal et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

A critical review on the improvement of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in C3plants using genetic engineering

(2011) Cheng-Jiang Ruan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Atomic Resolution X-ray Structure of the Substrate Recognition Domain of Higher Plant Ribulose-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Activase

(2011) J. Nathan Henderson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A survey of carbon fixation pathways through a quantitative lens

(2011) Arren Bar-Even et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

NanoESI Mass Spectrometry of Rubisco and Rubisco Activase Structures and Their Interactions with Nucleotides and Sugar Phosphates

(2011) Michelle J. Blayney et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

Computation of metabolic fluxes and efficiencies for biological carbon dioxide fixation

(2011) Nanette R. Boyle et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Structure and function of the AAA+ protein CbbX, a red-type Rubisco activase

(2011) Oliver Mueller-Cajar et al.   NATURE

Structure of green-type Rubisco activase from tobacco

(2011) Mathias Stotz et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The activity of Rubisco’s molecular chaperone, Rubisco activase, in leaf extracts

(2011) A. Elizabete Carmo-Silva et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Using tunable diode laser spectroscopy to measure carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance to CO2 diffusion dynamically at different CO2 concentrations

(2011) YOUSHI TAZOE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The Arabidopsis aquaporin PIP1;2 rules cellular CO2 uptake

(2011) NORBERT UEHLEIN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Developmental changes in mesophyll diffusion conductance and photosynthetic capacity under different light and water availabilities in Populus tremula: how structure constrains function

(2011) TIINA TOSENS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Plastid Biotechnology: Food, Fuel, and Medicine for the 21st Century

(2011) P. Maliga et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Mechanistic Basis of Internal Conductance: A Theoretical Analysis of Mesophyll Cell Photosynthesis and CO2 Diffusion

(2011) D. Tholen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional Incorporation of Sorghum Small Subunit Increases the Catalytic Turnover Rate of Rubisco in Transgenic Rice

(2011) C. Ishikawa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Overexpression of Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase C Regulates Oxidative Stress in Arabidopsis

(2011) Gopal K. Pattanayak et al.   PLoS One

Isoleucine 309 acts as a C4 catalytic switch that increases ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) carboxylation rate in Flaveria

(2011) S. M. Whitney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modularity of a carbon-fixing protein organelle

(2011) W. Bonacci et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport

(2011) L.-Q. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Natural genetic variation in plant photosynthesis

(2011) Pádraic J. Flood et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Expanding the solar spectrum used by photosynthesis

(2011) Min Chen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

(2010) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Characterization of photosystem II photochemistry in transgenic tobacco plants with lowered Rubisco activase content

(2010) Bin Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Coupled chaperone action in folding and assembly of hexadecameric Rubisco

(2010) Cuimin Liu et al.   NATURE

Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea

(2010) Ivan A. Berg et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Rice xa13 Recessive Resistance to Bacterial Blight Is Defeated by Induction of the Disease Susceptibility Gene Os-11N3

(2010) G. Antony et al.   PLANT CELL

Increasing Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation in C3 Plants to Improve Crop Yield: Current and Future Strategies

(2010) C. A. Raines   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Enhancing C3 Photosynthesis

(2010) S. von Caemmerer et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Carbohydrate Export from the Leaf: A Highly Regulated Process and Target to Enhance Photosynthesis and Productivity

(2010) E. A. Ainsworth et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Prospect of Using Cyanobacterial Bicarbonate Transporters to Improve Leaf Photosynthesis in C3 Crop Plants

(2010) G. D. Price et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photorespiration Redesigned

(2010) C. Peterhansel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

How Do We Improve Crop Production in a Warming World?

(2010) E. A. Ainsworth et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Importance of Energy Balance in Improving Photosynthetic Productivity

(2010) D. M. Kramer et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Optimizing Antenna Size to Maximize Photosynthetic Efficiency

(2010) D. R. Ort et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Advancing Our Understanding and Capacity to Engineer Nature's CO2-Sequestering Enzyme, Rubisco

(2010) S. M. Whitney et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cross-species analysis traces adaptation of Rubisco toward optimality in a low-dimensional landscape

(2010) Yonatan Savir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Design and analysis of synthetic carbon fixation pathways

(2010) A. Bar-Even et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of Plastid Protein Phosphatase TAP38 in LHCII Dephosphorylation and Thylakoid Electron Flow

(2010) Mathias Pribil et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Effective carbon partitioning driven by exotic phloem-specific regulatory elements fused to the Arabidopsis thaliana AtSUC2 sucrose-proton symporter gene

(2009) Avinash C Srivastava et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Feedback limitation of photosynthesis at high CO2acts by modulating the activity of the chloroplast ATP synthase

(2009) Olavi Kiirats et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Substrate-induced Assembly ofMethanococcoides burtoniid-Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Dimers into Decamers

(2009) Hernán Alonso et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Rubisco activase and wheat productivity under heat-stress conditions

(2009) Zoran Ristic et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Physiological and molecular changes in Oryza meridionalis Ng., a heat-tolerant species of wild rice

(2009) Andrew P. Scafaro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Resistances along the CO2 diffusion pathway inside leaves

(2009) J. R. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

(2009) Andrew D. B. Leakey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reduction in SBPase Activity by Antisense RNA in Transgenic Rice Plants: Effect on Photosynthesis, Growth, and Biomass Allocation at Different Nitrogen Levels

(2009) Lingling Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Arabidopsis thaliana expressing a thermostable chimeric Rubisco activase exhibits enhanced growth and higher rates of photosynthesis at moderately high temperatures

(2009) Anshuman Kumar et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Differences in photosynthetic behaviour and leaf senescence of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) dependent on N2 fixation or nitrate supply

(2009) G. Kaschuk et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

What Has Natural Variation Taught Us about Plant Development, Physiology, and Adaptation?

(2009) C. Alonso-Blanco et al.   PLANT CELL

Rubisco content and photosynthesis of leaves at different positions in transgenic rice with an overexpression ofRBCS

(2009) YUJI SUZUKI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Increasing Sucrose Uptake Capacity of Wheat Grains Stimulates Storage Protein Synthesis

(2009) N. Weichert et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Role of Tobacco Aquaporin1 in Improving Water Use Efficiency, Hydraulic Conductivity, and Yield Production Under Salt Stress

(2009) N. Sade et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Downregulating the sucrose transporter VpSUT1 in Verbascum phoeniceum does not inhibit phloem loading

(2009) C. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Basis of Plant Architecture

(2008) Yonghong Wang et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Using C4 photosynthesis to increase the yield of rice—rationale and feasibility

(2008) Julian M Hibberd et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Mutants, Overexpressors, and Interactors of Arabidopsis Plastocyanin Isoforms: Revised Roles of Plastocyanin in Photosynthetic Electron Flow and Thylakoid Redox State

(2008) Paolo Pesaresi et al.   Molecular Plant

Genetic control of rice plant architecture under domestication

(2008) Jian Jin et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Function of Nicotiana tabacum Aquaporins as Chloroplast Gas Pores Challenges the Concept of Membrane CO2 Permeability

(2008) N. Uehlein et al.   PLANT CELL

The photorespiratory glycolate metabolism is essential for cyanobacteria and might have been conveyed endosymbiontically to plants

(2008) M. Eisenhut et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA