How Can the Light Reactions of Photosynthesis be Improved in Plants?

The evolutionary patchwork nature of the light reactions of photosynthesis in plants provides ample scope for their improvement, particularly with respect to its light-harvesting components and the susceptibility of photosystems to photodamage. Such improvements can be achieved by genetic engineering and, more indirectly, by conventional breeding, whereas synthetic biology should allow in the long-term the redesign or de novo creation of entire photosystems that are more efficient because they are less susceptible to photodamage and produce fewer harmful reactive oxygen species. This photosystem redesigning will require novel model organisms in which such concepts can be realized, tested, and reiteratively improved.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Frontiers in Plant Science

• Publication date

  2012-08-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3389/fpls.2012.00199PMID 22973282PMCID 3428562
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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