A basal carbon concentrating mechanism in plants?

verfasst von
Eduardo Zabaleta, M. Victoria Martin, Hans Peter Braun
Abstract

Many photosynthetic organisms have developed inorganic carbon (Ci) concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) that increase the CO 2 concentration within the vicinity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO). Several CCMs, such as four carbon (C4) and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), bicarbonate accumulation systems and capsular structures around RubisCO have been described in great detail. These systems are believed to have evolved several times as mechanisms that acclimate organisms to unfavourable growth conditions. Based on recent experimental evidence we propose the occurrence of another more general CCM system present in all plants. This basal CCM (bCCM) is supposed to be composed of mitochondrial carbonic anhydrases (a β-type carbonic anhydrase and the γ-type carbonic anhydrase domain of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase complex) and probably further unknown components. The bCCM is proposed to reduce leakage of CO 2 from plant cells and allow efficient recycling of mitochondrial CO 2 for carbon fixation in chloroplasts.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Pflanzengenetik
Externe Organisation(en)
CONICET
Typ
Übersichtsarbeit
Journal
Plant science
Band
187
Seiten
97-104
Anzahl der Seiten
8
ISSN
0168-9452
Publikationsdatum
10.02.2012
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Genetik, Agronomie und Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften, Pflanzenkunde
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.15488/11657 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.02.001 (Zugang: Unbekannt)