M OLECULAR E NGINEERING OF C4 P HOTOSYNTHESIS
Abstract
The majority of terrestrial plants, including many important crops such as rice, wheat, soybean, and potato, are classified as C3 plants that assimilate atmospheric CO2 directly through the C3 photosynthetic pathway. C4 plants such as maize and sugarcane evolved from C3 plants, acquiring the C4 photosynthetic pathway to achieve high photosynthetic performance and high water- and nitrogen-use efficiencies. The recent application of recombinant DNA technology has made considerable progress in the molecular engineering of C4 photosynthesis over the past several years. It has deepened our understanding of the mechanism of C4 photosynthesis and provided valuable information as to the evolution of the C4 photosynthetic genes. It also has enabled us to express enzymes involved in the C4 pathway at high levels and in desired locations in the leaves of C3 plants for engineering of primary carbon metabolism.
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Success in enhancing photosynthetic capacity by transferring PEPC is not significant when the gene is transferred to a phylogenetically distant plant species.
“Although Matsuoka et al. (2001) have reported that a number of C 3 plants over-expressing C 4 PEPC have shown enhanced photosynthetic capacity, the success is not so significant, when the PEPC gene is transferred to a phylogenetically distant plant species.”
From Photosynthesis under stressful environments: An overview (2013) · cites this paper as Matsuoka et al. 2001
A number of C3 plants over-expressing C4 PEPC have shown enhanced photosynthetic capacity.
“Although Matsuoka et al. (2001) have reported that a number of C 3 plants over-expressing C 4 PEPC have shown enhanced photosynthetic capacity, the success is not so significant, when the PEPC gene is transferred to a phylogenetically distant plant species.”
From Photosynthesis under stressful environments: An overview (2013) · cites this paper as Matsuoka et al. 2001
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Photosynthesis under stressful environments: An overview
Ashraf, M., & Harris, P. J. C. (2013) · Photosynthetica · doi:10.1007/s11099-013-0021-6 · Cited by 2,028 · see citing works
Improving photosynthetic efficiency for greater yield.
Zhu, X.-G., Long, S. P., & Ort, D. R. (2010) · Annual Review of Plant Biology · doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112206 · Cited by 1,902 · see citing works
Naidu, S. L., Moose, S. P., AL-Shoaibi, A. K., Raines, C. A., & Long, S. P. (2003) · Plant Physiology · doi:10.1104/pp.103.021790 · Cited by 227 · see citing works
- Authors
- Matsuoka, M., Furbank, R. T., Fukayama, H., & Miyao, M.
- Affiliations
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (JP)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 297-314
- ISSN
- 1040-2519 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2113975313
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 4.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Keywords
- C4 photosynthesis, molecular engineering, C3 plants, recombinant DNA technology, primary carbon metabolism, water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency, maize, sugarcane
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