Plants’ photosynthetic capacity at high light is limited by the kinetics of the slow, carbon-dioxide-fixing enzyme Rubisco. Increasing Rubisco content in a C4 crop plant is now shown to enhance photosynthesis and growth.
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Mueller-Cajar, O. Overexpressing the most abundant enzyme. Nature Plants 4, 746–747 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0268-9
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