Research Progress in Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Light Reactions
3. Increased Light-Capture Capability and Optimized Light Absorption and Conversion
4. Accelerating Recovery of NPQ (Non-Photochemical Quenching)
5. Improving the Cytb6f Complex
6. Dark Reactions
7. Modification of Rubisco
8. Optimization of Enzymes in the Calvin Cycle
9. Introduction of Carbon Concentration Mechanisms into C3 Plants
10. Reconstructing the Photorespiratory Pathway
11. Redomestication/De Novo Domestication
12. Changes in Stomatal and Mesophyll Conductance
13. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
BPGA | glycerate 1,3-bisphosphate |
CBB | Calvin–Benson–Bassham |
CCMs | carbon concentration mechanisms |
CET | cyclic electron transport |
Cytb6f | cytochrome b6f |
DHAP | dihydroxyacetone phosphate |
FBPase | fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase |
Fd, | ferredoxin |
F6-P | fructose 6-phosphate |
GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
gm | and mesophyll conductance |
GPI | glucose phosphate isomerase |
gs | stomatal conductance |
G3P | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate |
LET | linear electron transport |
NADPH | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
NPQ | Non-Photochemical Quenching |
PC | plastocyanin |
PET | photosynthetic electron transport |
PEP | phosphoenolpyruvate |
PGK | phosphoglycerate kinase |
PGA | phosphoglycerate |
PQ | plastoquinone |
PQH | semi-plastoquinone |
PSI | photosystem I |
PSI-LHCI | photosystem I light-harvesting complex I |
PSII | photosystem II |
PSII-LHCII | photosystem II light-harvesting complex II |
RuBP | ribulose 1,5-bisphosphonate |
Rubisco | ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase |
Ru5P | ribulose 5-phosphate |
SBPase | Sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase |
TPI | triose phosphate isomerase |
2PG | 2-phosphoglycerate |
3-PGA | 3-phosphoglycerate |
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Li, R.; He, Y.; Chen, J.; Zheng, S.; Zhuang, C. Research Progress in Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 9286. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119286
Li R, He Y, Chen J, Zheng S, Zhuang C. Research Progress in Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(11):9286. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119286
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Ruiqi, Ying He, Junyu Chen, Shaoyan Zheng, and Chuxiong Zhuang. 2023. "Research Progress in Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 11: 9286. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119286