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BSD2 is a Rubisco specific assembly chaperone, forms intermediary hetero‐oligomeric complexes and is non‐limiting to growth in tobacco
Brendon Conlan, Rosemary Birch, Celine Kelso, Sophie Holland, Amanda P. De Souza, Stephen P. Long, Jennifer L. Beck, and Spencer M. Whitney
Plant, Cell & Environment
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13473
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Carboxysome encapsulation of the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco in tobacco chloroplasts
Benedict M. Long, Wei Yih Hee, Robert E. Sharwood, Benjamin D. Rae, Sarah Kaines, Yi-Leen Lim, Nghiem D. Nguyen, Baxter Massey, Soumi Bala, Susanne von Caemmerer, Murray R. Badger, and G. Dean Price
Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06044-0
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Overexpressing the H‐protein of the glycine cleavage system increases biomass yield in glasshouse and field grown transgenic tobacco plants
Patricia E. Lopez‐Calcagno, Stuart Fisk, Kenny L. Brown, Simon E. Bull, Paul F. South, and Christine A. Raines
Plant Biotechnology Journal
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12953
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Toward improving photosynthesis in cassava: Characterizing photosynthetic limitations in four current African cultivars
Amanda P. De Souza and Stephen P. Long
Food and Energy Security
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.130
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Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop
Katarzyna Głowacka, Johannes Kromdijk, Katherine Kucera, Jiayang Xie, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Lauriebeth Leonelli, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Donald R. Ort, Krishna K. Niyogi, and Stephen P. Long
Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03231-x
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An improved Escherichia coli screen for Rubisco identifies a protein–protein interface that can enhance CO2-fixation kinetics
Robert H. Wilson, Elena Martin-Avila, Carly Conlan, and Spencer M. Whitney
Journal of Biological Chemistry
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.810861