From algae to plants: understanding pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms

Ella Catherall; Sabina Musial; Nicky Atkinson; Charlotte E. Walker; Luke C.M. Mackinder; Alistair J. McCormick

doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.010

From algae to plants: understanding pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms

Ella Catherall, Sabina Musial, Nicky Atkinson, Charlotte E. Walker, Luke C.M. Mackinder^*, Alistair J. McCormick

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Abstract

Pyrenoids are the key component of one of the most abundant biological CO 2 concentration mechanisms found in nature. Pyrenoid-based CO 2-concentrating mechanisms (pCCMs) are estimated to account for one third of global photosynthetic CO 2 capture. Our molecular understanding of how pyrenoids work is based largely on work in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Here, we review recent advances in our fundamental knowledge of the biogenesis, architecture, and function of pyrenoids in Chlamydomonas and ongoing engineering biology efforts to introduce a functional pCCM into chloroplasts of vascular plants, which, if successful, has the potential to enhance crop productivity and resilience to climate change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-45
Number of pages	13
Journal	Trends in biochemical sciences
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.010
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2025

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Keywords

algae
Arabidopsis
CO-concentrating mechanisms
liquid–liquid phase separation
pyrenoid Rubisco

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