ReviewJournal of experimental botany2019
Synthetic biology approaches for improving photosynthesis.
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- Editing and synthetic engineering of chloroplast genomes.Plant communications · 2026Review
- Synthetic Biology of Plants and Microbes for Agriculture, Environment, and Future Applications.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- Synthetic biology and genome engineering in support of human, agricultural, and environmental security.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Advancements in photosynthetic efficiency: Pathways, regulation, and biotechnological applications for enhancing crop productivity.Plant signaling & behavior · 2025Review
- Harnessing plant agriculture to mitigate climate change: A framework to evaluate synthetic biology (and other) interventions.Plant physiology · 2025Article
- Strategies to improve photosynthesis by modifying the RuBisCO system and its limitations.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- Genome-Wide Characterization of a Carbon Ion Beam-Induced Soybean Mutant Population Reveals Extensive Genetic Variation for Trait Improvement.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Industrial applicability of enzymatic and whole-cell processes for the utilization of C1 building blocks.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Complexity Meets Risk-The Next Generation of Genome-Edited Plants Challenges Established Concepts for Environmental Risk Assessment in the EU.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Structure of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase from the model microalgaeLife · 2025Article
- Gene Pyramiding Strategies for Sink Size and Source Capacity for High-Yield Japonica Rice Breeding.Rice (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Review
- Synthetic biology in plants.Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Article
- PredPSP: a novel computational tool to discover pathway-specific photosynthetic proteins in plants.Plant molecular biology · 2024Article
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- From leaf to multiscale models of photosynthesis: applications and challenges for crop improvement.Photosynthesis research · 2024Review
- Engineering Rubisco to enhance COSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2024Review
- Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal the Key Genes Related to Shade Tolerance in Soybean.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunits A and B are essential to maintain photosynthetic efficiency.Plant physiology · 2023Article
- The diversity of substrates for plant respiration and how to optimize their use.Plant physiology · 2023Review
- Metabolic pathways engineering for drought or/and heat tolerance in cereals.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
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Abstract
The phenomenal increase in agricultural yields that we have witnessed in the last century has slowed down as we approach the limits of selective breeding and optimization of cultivation techniques. To support the yield increase required to feed an ever-growing population, we will have to identify new ways to boost the efficiency with which plants convert light into biomass. This challenge could potentially be tackled using state-of-the-art synthetic biology techniques to rewrite plant carbon fixation. In this review, we use recent studies to discuss and demonstrate different approaches for enhancing carbon fixation, including engineering Rubisco for higher activity, specificity, and activation; changing the expression level of enzymes within the Calvin cycle to avoid kinetic bottlenecks; introducing carbon-concentrating mechanisms such as inorganic carbon transporters, carboxysomes, and C4 metabolism; and rewiring photorespiration towards more energetically efficient routes or pathways that do not release CO2. We conclude by noting the importance of prioritizing and combining different approaches towards continuous and sustainable increase of plant productivities.
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