Correlative adaptation between Rubisco and CO2-concentrating mechanisms in seagrasses - Nature.com


6/20/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago

Rubisco in seagrasses converged on lower catalytic efficiencies and CO2/O2 affinities than in their terrestrial and freshwater relatives, as a result of correlative adaptation between Rubisco and the effectiveness of their CO2-concentrating mechanisms.

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