A method for production of plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation

The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation. In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration. The reaction product will be converted to a component that may be reintegrated...

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Hauptverfasser: PETERHAENSEL, CHRISTOPH, KREUZALER, FRITZ, DR, WEIER, DAGMAR, RADEMACHER, THOMAS, HIRSCH, HEINZ-JOSEF, BARI, RAFIJUL, BERG, DIETER, DR, HAIN, RUEDIGER, DR
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved CO2 fixation. In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration. The reaction product will be converted to a component that may be reintegrated into the plant assimilatory metabolism inside the chloroplast. This is accomplished by the transfer of genes derived from glycolate-utilizing pathways from bacteria, algae, plants and/or animals including humans into the plant nuclear and/or plastidial genome. The method of the invention leads to a reduction of photorespiration in C3 plants and by this will be of great benefit for food production especially but not exclusively under non-favourable growth conditions.