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Pyrenoid-Based CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms in Diverse Lineages and Their Engineering Applications

Pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms across diverse lineages: convergent features and their applications for engineering.

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JPJessica H PritchardSYSophie N R YoungHGHerbie Garland

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Overview

Review highlights mechanisms of pyrenoids in algae and hornworts, suggesting applications for crop improvement.

Key Points

  • The aim is to understand how pyrenoids function to enhance CO2 concentration and improve plant growth.
  • Review of mechanistic advances in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and other algae and hornworts.
  • Analysis of core features of pyrenoids, including the Rubisco matrix and carbon delivery mechanisms.
  • Identified three consistent features of pyrenoids: a condensed Rubisco matrix, special membranes for carbon delivery, and CO2 diffusion barriers.
  • Highlighted evolutionary diversity in pyrenoid structures and functions across different lineages.

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Pritchard et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f5945c71405d493afff36ehttps://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag250
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