Rubisco activase

Overview

Mutinfo:

Rubisco activase

Organism:

Nannochloropsis oceanica (N. oceanica IMET1)

Method:

Overexpression

Genes:

NO01G02280   

Promoter:

β-tub, HSP70

Selection:

Zeocin

Phenotypes:

In the mutants, under air-level CO2, growth rate was enhanced by ~ 32%, biomass accumulation by ~ 46% and lipid productivity by ~ 41%, which were also accompanied by ~ 28% elevation in photosynthesis.

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