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CO2 fixation gets a second chance

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Synthetic metabolic pathways that circumvent photorespiration can improve crop growth. Now, an efficient photorespiration bypass with a new-to-nature carboxylation step has been engineered and demonstrated in vitro.

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Fig. 1: Realizing the tartronyl-CoA pathway.

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    Markus Janasch & Elton P. Hudson

  2. Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden

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Janasch, M., Hudson, E.P. CO2 fixation gets a second chance. Nat Catal 4, 94–95 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00581-6

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