Stop the Clock: Optimized Carbon Fixation and Circadian Rhythm in a CAM Plant
Blog, Research, Research Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe energetically costly tendency of the carbon fixing enzyme RuBisCO to, every now and then, fix oxygen instead of carbon dioxide has led to the evolution of various carbon concentrating mechanisms in plants and algae. One such mechanism, Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), involves primary CO2 fixation…