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Mix-and-match Rubisco subunits

Nature Plants volume 6, pages 1199–1200 (2020)Cite this article

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Rubisco is a complex, ubiquitous protein composed of eight large and eight small subunits. By assembling Rubisco in bacterial cells, the specific characteristics of individual small subunits have been investigated with a view to engineering more efficient carbon fixation.

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Fig. 1: Exploiting SynBio opportunities to alter Rubisco catalysis.

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  1. ARC Centre of Excellence for Translation Photosynthesis, Research School Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Robert E. Sharwood

  2. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

    Robert E. Sharwood

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Sharwood, R.E. Mix-and-match Rubisco subunits. Nat. Plants 6, 1199–1200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00771-3

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