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ReviewPlanta2026

Rubisco limits plant breeding: can biodiversity unlock it?

Pablo Luna-Rodriguez, Chaehee Lee, Grey Monroe

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Review in Planta, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pablo Luna-RodriguezDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. plunarodriguez@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-5652
Chaehee LeeDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Grey MonroeDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.

Funding

National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2022-51181-38327
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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conclusionPhotosynthesis has been underestimated as a breeding target. A workflow that identifies or engineers superior Rubisco variants and introduces them into crops is urgently needed. Photosynthesis is the foundation of life on Earth, yet it remains inefficient in crop plants. At the heart of this lies Rubisco, the most abundant enzyme on Earth and the primary bottleneck in carbon fixation. Despite its central role in determining photosynthetic capacity and crop yield, efforts to improve it have been constrained by three persistent blind spots: an overreliance on model species, inadequate screening platforms, and the challenge of chloroplast transformation. This perspective argues that closing these gaps requires an integrated framework connecting structural biology, natural biodiversity, and synthetic approaches. Molecular dynamics simulations informed by high-resolution crystal structures offer a powerful entry point for identifying residues with the greatest predicted impact on CO

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BiodiversityPlant BreedingRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseCarbon DioxideChloroplastsCrops, AgriculturalPhotosynthesisPlantsCarbon DioxideRibulose-Bisphosphate CarboxylaseCatalytic residuesCyanobacteriaEvolutionExtreme environmentsPhotosynthesisPlant transformation

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