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CO2 fixation gets a second chance

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Synthetic metabolic pathways that circumvent photorespiration can improve crop growth. Now, an efficient photorespiration bypass with a new-to-nature carboxylation step has been engineered and demonstrated in vitro.

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Fig. 1: Realizing the tartronyl-CoA pathway.

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    Markus Janasch & Elton P. Hudson

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