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Specificity of diatom Rubisco

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Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change

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Rubisco is an inefficient enzyme; this inefficiency is greatest when CO2 availability at the site of Rubisco is low. We hypothesise that the selection pressure for a more efficient Rubisco will be greatest in species growing under CO2 limited conditions, particularly when low light levels reduce the cost effectiveness of a carbon concentrating mechanism. We determined the specificity factor for four marine diatoms, Thalassiosira antarctica, Skeletonema costatum, Chaetoceros socialis, and Thalassiosira hyalina adapted to the arctic environment.

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  1. Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK

    Richard P. Haslam, Alfred J. Keys, P John Andralojc, Pippa J. Madgwick & Martin A. J. Parry

  2. Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Box 590, S-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden

    Andersson Inger

  3. Norwegian College of Fisheries Science (NFH), University of Tromsø, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway

    Anette Grimsrud & Hans C. Eilertsen

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  1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Kenji Omasa (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Agro-Meteorology Group, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan

    Isamu Nouchi (Head) (Head)

  3. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA, Haren, The Netherlands

    Luit J. De Kok (Professor) (Professor)

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Haslam, R.P. et al. (2005). Specificity of diatom Rubisco. In: Omasa, K., Nouchi, I., De Kok, L.J. (eds) Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-31014-2_18

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