Photorespiration: Wasteful or useful?
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRosa-Téllez et al. explore the role of glycine flux regulation by photorespiration in maintaining nitrogen, carbon, and sulfur balance in plants.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad256
Sara Rosa-Téllez, Andrea Alcántara-Enguídanos and Roc Ros Palau.
Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina…
Review: Photorespiration is the solution, not the problem
Plant Science Research WeeklyRubisco (ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) is one of a kind, simultaneously recognized as one of the most abundant and important enzymes, and also widely characterized as flawed because it uses both O2 and CO2 as substrates, leading to both carboxylation and oxygenation of ribulose bisphosphate.…