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A Rubisco-binding protein is required for normal pyrenoid number and starch sheath morphology in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Alan K Itakura, Kher Xing Chan, Nicky Atkinson, Leif Pallesen, Lianyong Wang, Gregory Reeves, Weronika Patena, Oliver Caspari, Robyn Roth, Ursula Goodenough, Alistair J McCormick, Howard Griffiths, Martin C Jonikas
Sep 09, 2019
A phase-separated, liquid-like organelle called the pyrenoid mediates CO2 fixation in the chloroplasts of nearly all eukaryotic algae. While most algae have 1 pyrenoid per chloroplast, here we describe a mutant in the model alga...
A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle.
Luke CM Mackinder, Moritz T Meyer, Tabea Mettler-Altmann, Vivian K Chen, Madeline C Mitchell, Oliver Caspari, Elizabeth S Freeman Rosenzweig, Leif Pallesen, Gregory Reeves, Alan Itakura, Robyn Roth, Frederik Sommer, Stefan Geimer, Timo Mühlhaus, Michael Schroda, Ursula Goodenough, Mark Stitt, Howard Griffiths, Martin C Jonikas
May 14, 2018
Biological carbon fixation is a key step in the global carbon cycle that regulates the atmosphere's composition while producing the food we eat and the fuels we burn. Approximately one-third of global carbon fixation occurs in...